Error message
Unable to fetch location details at this time.
Red Belt Conk
Formitopsis pinicola
47.6627, -122.682
Field Notes
Description:
Cap hoof-shaped or triangular, hard and tough texture, up to 30-40 x 25 x 10 cm. Surface is more or less smooth, at first orange-yellow with a white margin, later dark reddish to brown and then frequently with orange margin. Pore surface pale yellow to leather-brown, 3-4 pores per mm. Grows on live and dead coniferous or (less common) deciduous trees.
The fruiting body of Fomitopsis pinicola is called the conk. It is a woody, pileate fruiting body with pores lined with basidia on its underside. As in other polypores, the fruiting body is perennial with a new layer of pores produced each year on the bottom of the old pores.
This mushroom is inedible due to its woody texture.
Habitat:
The species is common throughout the temperate Northern hemisphere.
Notes:
Fomitopsis pinicola, in English sometimes known as Red Banded Polypore, is a polypore mushroom of the genus Fomitopsis. An alternative binomial name is Fomes pinicola.
This is a mass of Formitopsis pinicola that have grown together to form one large mass. Not a common habbit.
Comments (0)
Be the first to comment
Sign in to comment