Red-Belted Bracket
Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.) P.Karst.
Also called: Red-banded Polypore, Red Belted Conk, Redbelted Bracket
Safety first
Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.
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Edibility
Inedible Source: Wikipedia: Fomitopsis pinicola
Classification from Wikipedia: Fomitopsis pinicola. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.
Photos
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Photo: bellfungi. CC0. Source (gbif)
Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 23 |
| February | 22 |
| March | 25 |
| April | 66 |
| May | 156 |
| June | 279 |
| July | 374 |
| August | 504 |
| September | 327 |
| October | 271 |
| November | 64 |
| December | 27 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- Ontario 184 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 169 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 154 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 129 records · Foraging rules
- New York 126 records · Foraging rules
- Colorado 120 records · Foraging rules
- Wisconsin 120 records · Foraging rules
- New Hampshire 90 records · Foraging rules
- Idaho 82 records · Foraging rules
- California 75 records · Foraging rules
- Pennsylvania 74 records · Foraging rules
- Oregon 68 records · Foraging rules
- Montana 68 records · Foraging rules
- Alaska 66 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 61 records · Foraging rules
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- Maine57 records
- Tennessee51 records
- Wyoming48 records
- Vermont43 records
- Minnesota36 records
- Manitoba31 records
- Alberta30 records
- North Carolina28 records
- Nova Scotia25 records
- West Virginia24 records
- Massachusetts23 records
- Arizona21 records
- New Mexico19 records
- Utah18 records
- Saskatchewan17 records
- South Dakota17 records
- Yukon17 records
- Newfoundland and Labrador16 records
- Northwest Territories13 records
- Ohio9 records
- New Jersey8 records
- South Carolina8 records
- Prince Edward Island8 records
- New Brunswick7 records
- Connecticut4 records
- Virginia2 records
- Florida1 records
- Hawaii1 records
- Illinois1 records
- Iowa1 records
- North Dakota1 records
- Maryland1 records
- Alabama1 records
- District of Columbia1 records
Identification traits
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | pores |
|---|---|
| Ecology | saprotrophic |
| Spore print color | yellow |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Fomitopsis pinicola, is a stem-decay fungus. Its conk (fruit body) is known as the red-belted conk or red-belted bracket. The species is common throughout temperate Eurasia. It is a decay fungus that serves as a small-scale disturbance agent in coastal rainforest ecosystems. It influences stand structure and succession in temperate rainforests. It performs essential nutrient cycling functions in forests. It is also a key producer of brown rot residues that are stable soil components in coniferous forest ecosystems.
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