Polypore oak (Buglossoporus oak)
- Gawo: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Kugawikana: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Kalasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Kagulu: Incertae sedis (ya malo osatsimikizika)
- Dongosolo: Polyporales (Polypore)
- Banja: Fomitopsidaceae (Fomitopsis)
- Mtundu: Buglossoporus (Buglossoporus)
- Type: Buglossoporus quercinus (Piptoporus oak (Oak polypore)
Bowa wa oak tinder ndi bowa wosowa kwambiri ku Dziko Lathu. Zimamera pamitengo ya oak yamoyo, koma zitsanzo zalembedwanso pamitengo yakufa ndi nkhuni zakufa.
Matupi a zipatso ndi pachaka, aminofu-fibrous-cork, osasunthika.
Pakhoza kukhala mwendo wamba wotalikirapo. Zipewa zimakhala zozungulira kapena zooneka ngati fan, koma zazikulu, zimatha kufika masentimita 10-15 m'mimba mwake. Pamwamba pa zisoti ndi velvety poyamba, mu bowa wokhwima amakhala pafupifupi wamaliseche mu mawonekedwe a kutumphuka woonda wosweka.
Mtundu - woyera, wofiirira, wokhala ndi chikasu chachikasu. Mnofu ndi woyera, mpaka 4 cm wandiweyani, ofewa ndi yowutsa mudyo mu zitsanzo zazing'ono, kenako corky.
Hymenophore ndi yopyapyala, yoyera, yofiirira ikawonongeka; ma pores ndi ozungulira kapena ozungulira.
Bowa wa oak tinder ndi bowa wosadyedwa.