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Fomes

genus of fungi
Taxon taxon Q2524023
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Fomes

Summary

Fomes is a taxon[1]. Fomes ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fomes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Fomes is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Fomes is classified within Polyporaceae[5].
  • Fomes's scientific name is Fomes[6].
  • Fomes's Commons category is recorded as Fomes[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Fomes is Boletus fomentarius[8].
  • Fomes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fomes[9].
  • Fomes's taxon author citation is recorded as (Fr.) Fr.[10].

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Classification

Fomes's scientific name is Fomes[6]. Fomes is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Fomes is classified within Polyporaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Fomes is Boletus fomentarius[8].

Identifiers

Fomes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 127511[11]. Fomes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40441[12]. Fomes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 16625[13]. Fomes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2518074[14].

Why It Matters

Fomes ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2] Fomes has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . id.biodiversity.org.au. id.biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Polyporaceae
    Instance of → —
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