Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) with. Belonging to the Family Fistulinaceae in Nagaland, India

Beef steak fungus or ox tongue fungus was first described in 1784 by Jacob Christian Schaeffer and named as Boletus hepaticus. Later in 1792, William Withering gave its present scientific name¹. Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With. belongs to the family of Fistulinaceae, order Agaricales and class Agaricomycetes². It is usually saprotroph but sometimes parasitic that causes a brown heart rot of oak. This fungus is found commonly growing on hardwoods such as Quercus and Castanea trees, and on very rare occasion they are also found on Acer, Alnus, Betula, Eucalyptus, Fagus, Juglans and Ulmus trees.