Bracket, or shelf fungus (Polypore mushroom Red-Belt Conk, Fomitopsis pinicola) north from Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2003Synonyms: Antrodia serpens, Antrodia tuber, Boletus fulvus, Boletus marginatus, Boletus pinicola, Boletus semiovatus, Coriolus helveolus, Favolus pinihalepensis, Fomes albus, Fomes cinnamomeus, Fomes lychneus, Fomes marginatus, Fomes pinicola, Fomes pini-halepensis, Fomes subungulatus, Fomes thomsonii, Fomitopsis marginata, Fomitopsis subungulata, Friesia rubra, Ganoderma rubrum, Ischnoderma helveolum, Mensularia alba, Mensularia marginata, Piptoporus helveolus, Placodes helveolus, Placodes marginatus, Placodes pinicola, Polyporus cinnamomeus, Polyporus helveolus, Polyporus marginatus, Polyporus parvulus, Polyporus pinicola, Polyporus ponderosus, Polyporus semiovatus, Polyporus thomsonii, Pseudofomes pinicola, Scindalma cinnamomeum, Scindalma marginatum, Scindalma semiovatum, Scindalma thomsonii, Trametes marginata, Trametes pinicola, Ungularia parvula, Ungulina marginata, Ungulina pinicola.
Common name: red-belted bracket.
Russian names: Trutovik okaymlionnyy, Drevesnaya gubka, Sosnovyy trutovik.
Extract from Wikipedia article: Fomitopsis pinicola, is a stem decay fungus. Its conk (fruit body) is known as the red belt conk. The species is common throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. 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.
Fomitopsis pinicola is a species of bracket fungus that grows on coniferous trees, particularly pine. In St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, and north-western Russia, it is commonly found on dead or dying pine trunks, stumps, and roots. The fungus produces annual growth rings and can form large, hoof-shaped or semicircular brackets with a rough, gray to brown upper surface and a yellow to brown pore surface. It is a saprotrophic fungus, playing a key role in decomposing organic matter and recycling nutrients in the region's coniferous forests.
Bracket, or shelf fungus (Polypore mushroom Red-Belt Conk, Fomitopsis pinicola) north from Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2003
Red-belted bracket (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) on a tree stump near Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2005
Water drops, or guttation of bracket fungus Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) grown on a tree trunk west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2012
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Tinder (bracket, shelf, or hoof) fungus (Polypore mushroom Red-Belt Conk, Fomitopsis pinicola, Russian name Trutovik) west from Kannelyarvi, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2012Каннельярви, Рощинское городское поселение, Выборгский район, Ленинградская область, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, Россия
Guttation of young bracket fungus Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) on a tree stump in Okhtinsky Park near Toksovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 29, 2013Glavnaya, 107, Syargi, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664
Guttation of young bracket fungus Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola, stem decay fungus) in Toksovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 19, 2016Glavnaya, 107, Syargi, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664
Water drops, or guttation of a young Red-Belt Conk bracket fungus (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 2, 2016Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664
Water drops, or guttation of bracket fungus Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2016
Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 23, 2016
Tinder (bracket, shelf, or hoof) fungus (Polypore mushroom Red-Belt Conk, Fomitopsis pinicola, Russian name Trutovik) in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 23, 2016Unnamed Road, Pesochnyy, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushrooms Fomitopsis pinicola) on a birch near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 18, 2017Primorskoye sh., g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755
Pores of red-belted bracket (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) in Udelny Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 28, 2017al. Yuriya Morozova, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197341
Large red-belted bracket (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) in Udelny Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 28, 2017al. Yuriya Morozova, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197341
Bracket fungus Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) on a birch in area of Dibuny - Pesochny near Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 4, 2017Unnamed Road, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushrooms Fomitopsis pinicola) on a birch near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 16, 2017Primorskoye sh., g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755
Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) on a birch in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 20, 2017Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Pores of Red-Belt Conk mushroom ( Fomitopsis pinicola) from a birch in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 20, 2017Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Prostrate form of Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) on a spruce log near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017Novyy per., Kavgolovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188667
Porous surface of a tinder polypore fungus red-belted bracket (Fomitopsis pinicola)(?) in Pesochny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 5, 2017Unnamed Road, Pesochnyy, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Guttation of bracket fungus Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 24, 2017Unnamed Road, Orekhovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188731
Water drops, or guttation of bracket fungus Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 30, 2017Tikhoretskiy pr., 25к1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 195427
Guttation of bracket fungus Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) in Yuntolovsky Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2017Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197229
Red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) in area of Kavgolovskoe Lake near Oselki - Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 9, 2017Novyy per., Kavgolovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188667
Guttation of red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) in area of Kavgolovskoe Lake near Oselki - Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 9, 2017Novyy per., Kavgolovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188667
Unusual form of red-belted bracket mushrooms (Fomitopsis pinicola)(?) in bushes of bird cherry in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2017Ulitsa Zhaka Dyuklo, 67, St Petersburg, Russia, 194214
Unusual caps of red-belted bracket mushrooms (Fomitopsis pinicola)(?) in bushes of bird cherry in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2017Ulitsa Zhaka Dyuklo, 67, St Petersburg, Russia, 194214
Pores of red-belted bracket mushrooms (Fomitopsis pinicola)(?) in bushes of bird cherry in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2017Ulitsa Zhaka Dyuklo, 67, St Petersburg, Russia, 194214
Cap texture of red-belted bracket mushrooms (Fomitopsis pinicola)(?) in bushes of bird cherry in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2017Ulitsa Zhaka Dyuklo, 67, St Petersburg, Russia, 194214
Close up of pores of red-belted bracket mushrooms (Fomitopsis pinicola)(?) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2017Ulitsa Zhaka Dyuklo, 67, St Petersburg, Russia, 194214
Pore surface of red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019Unnamed Road, Kannel'yarvi, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188850
Red-belted bracket mushrooms (Fomitopsis pinicola) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 25, 2019Unnamed Road, Kannel'yarvi, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188850
Red-belted bracket fungus (Fomitopsis pinicola) on a fallen birch near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 5, 2021Leninskaya Tropa, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758
Red-belted bracket mushrooms (Fomitopsis pinicola) on a spruce stump in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 10, 2021Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Underside of red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861
Underside of a red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) lit by ultraviolet light on a stump in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2024аллея Раевского, округ Сосновское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194223, Россия
Young growth of red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) on a stump in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2024Круговая аллея, округ Сосновское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194064, Россия
Pore surface of a red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2024Круговая аллея, округ Сосновское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194064, Россия
Water drops, or guttation of bracket fungus Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2024Круговая аллея, округ Сосновское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194064, Россия
Water drops, or guttation of bracket polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2024Круговая аллея, округ Сосновское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194064, Россия
Close-up of guttation of bracket polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2024Круговая аллея, округ Сосновское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194064, Россия
Close-up of red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 2, 2024Приморское шоссе, Тарховка, Сестрорецк, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 197706, Россия
Red-belted bracket mushroom (Fomitopsis pinicola) on a stump in Tarkhovka Park, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 2, 2024Приморское шоссе, Тарховка, Сестрорецк, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 197706, РоссияThe observations document the growth and characteristics of red-belted bracket mushrooms (Fomitopsis pinicola) in various locations near Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 2007 to 2024. The mushrooms were found on stumps, fallen trees, and in bushes, often with distinctive water droplets or guttation. The observations note the mushroom's appearance under regular daylight and ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight, revealing unique textures and patterns. The data includes photos of the mushroom's caps, pores, and underside, as well as its growth habits and habitats. The observations provide a comprehensive record of the species' behavior and characteristics over time, offering insights into its biology and ecology. Overall, the documentation showcases the diversity and complexity of this fungal species in its natural environment.
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