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Fomes

fo·mes

UK/ˈfəʊmiːz/ US/ˈfoʊ.miːz/ uncommon archaic obsolete

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genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees

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From medical Latin fōmes (“fomite”), a figurative extension of its original sense of kindling, tinder, etc. Gradually supplanted in use by fomite, a mistaken backformation of its plural form fomites, from Latin fōmitēs.

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