Red Banded Polypore - roodgerande houtzwam (dutch)
Fomitopsis pinicola
50.8928, 6.02241
Field Notes
Description:
Fomitopsis pinicola, in English sometimes known as Red Banded Polypore, is a polypore mushroom of the genus Fomitopsis. The species is common throughout the temperate Northern hemisphere. An alternative binomial name is Fomes pinicola.
Habitat:
the temperate Northern hemisphere
Notes:
The spruce-"porling {german}" is well marked by its red border zone in older fruiting bodies. Similar can be the tinder fungus, but this does not has a meltable and KOH-soluble crust. Confusion with different Reishi can also occur. Those, however, have brown meat and brew spores
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 1, 2011
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