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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Fistulinaceae: Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With., 1801

Fistulina hepatica – Beefsteak fungus, ox tongue

Synonyms: Agarico-carnis lingua-bovis, Boletus buglossum, Boletus bulliardii, Boletus hepaticus, Buglossus quercinus, Ceriomyces hepaticus, Confistulina hepatica, Fistulina buglossoides, Fistulina buglossum, Fistulina endoxantha, Fistulina sarcoides, Hypodrys hepaticus, Ptychogaster hepaticus.

Common names: beefsteak fungus, ox tongue, beefsteak fungus.

Russian names: Pechionochnitsa obyknovennaya, Pechionochnyy grib, Pechionochnik obyknovennyy, Trutovik pechionochnyy, Tioshchin yazyk.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Fistulina hepatica, commonly known as the beefsteak fungus, beefsteak polypore, poor man's steak, ox tongue, or tongue mushroom, is a bracket fungus classified in the Agaricales. As its common names suggest, it visually resembles a slab of meat.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Fibrous, rusty-brown section of mature beefsteak fungus (<B>Fistulina hepatica</B>) from a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2025-10-09.htm">October 9, 2025</A>
LinkFibrous, rusty-brown section of mature beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica) from a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025
Broken mature beefsteak fungus (<B>Fistulina hepatica</B>) on a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2025-10-09.htm">October 9, 2025</A>
LinkBroken mature beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica) on a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025
Pores of mature beefsteak fungus (<B>Fistulina hepatica</B>) from a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2025-10-09.htm">October 9, 2025</A>
LinkPores of mature beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica) from a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025
Pore Structure of mature beefsteak fungus (<B>Fistulina hepatica</B>) from a huge old oak in Dubki Park. In the close-up of the underside, one can see that the tubes are separate from one another (like packed straws) rather than fused into a solid sponge. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2025-10-09.htm">October 9, 2025</A>
LinkPore Structure of mature beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica) from a huge old oak in Dubki Park. In the close-up of the underside, one can see that the tubes are separate from one another (like packed straws) rather than fused into a solid sponge. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025
Beefsteak mushrooms (<B>Fistulina hepatica</B>) growing a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2025-10-09.htm">October 9, 2025</A>
LinkBeefsteak mushrooms (Fistulina hepatica) growing a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025
Spores of beefsteak fungus (<B>Fistulina hepatica</B>) collected earlier 10/9/2025 in Dubki Park, Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2025-10-19.htm">October 19, 2025</A>
LinkSpores of beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica) collected earlier 10/9/2025 in Dubki Park, Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 19, 2025

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Acknowledgements

Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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