Red-belted conk

This perennial fruiting body is fairly young. In mixed Douglas-fir/western hemlock forest, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Likely this species deserves another name: most species we have in North America are unique yet early on received the name of their European cousins. (See Phylogeny of Fomitopsis pinicola: a species complex, August 2016, Mycologia). Still, by any name, beautiful, innit.

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Ernst

Lion

That is the most beautiful one I have ever seen. Posted 4 years ago
1. erinmoore
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  The details in the varnish too give this individual such interest. Conks can be wonderful things, like people they gain character with age. Posted 4 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Lovely specimen! I hope you are doing alright out there! Are the wildfires affecting you? Posted 4 years ago
1. erinmoore
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  The smoke and air quality is pretty horrendous today. People are limiting their outdoor time. We are still relatively lucky in Washington; active fires haven't much touched the west side of the Cascades. My friends in Oregon, not so lucky. The westside forests there have fires which is very unusual. Thanks for asking, Lisa. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    I'm glad to hear that you are doing okay, but I'm still pretty concerned about everyone out your way. I hope that any fires near you can be contained before you are affected any further. It is all so heartbreaking.
    
    My husband and I lived not too far from you back in 2006-07. We were in Bellingham for several months and then moved south (near Tacoma) to Dupont. Your area is gorgeous! Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
  2. 1. erinmoore
      
      Grizzly Bear
      
      Thanks Lisa. The fires are both heartbreaking and infuriating. Breitenbush hot springs being one of those places... so many forest critters lost. The big earthquake expected along the Cascadia Fault is way overdue but otherwise here in Bellingham we are are in a relatively cool landscape, still green. For now. Posted 4 years ago

Barry

Lion

Looks like a German flag - LOL! Posted 4 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Wanted to say the same thing :) Posted 4 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

Really gorgeous specimen! Posted 4 years ago

The Red Banded Polypore

''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''.

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Similar species: Polyporales

Species identified by erinmoore