Fibrous, rusty-brown section of mature beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica) from a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025Synonyms: 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.
Fibrous, 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 (Fistulina hepatica) on a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025
Pores 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 (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 (Fistulina hepatica) growing a huge old oak in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.
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