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immature Red Banded Polypore

Fomitopsis pinicola

Description:

Mainly growing on conifers, this one was spotted on one of its alternative hosts, a birch. Fomitopsis pinicola causes brown rot.

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4 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Yes..thats only the difference..At first i doubted my ID might be wrong..So i asked you...

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

This is how they look in adult state.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/784...

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

Yes, Adarhsha - looking very similar (in this state), different families, though: Your Reishi is of the family of Ganodermataceae, Red Banded Polypores are from the family of Fomitopsidaceae

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

This my spotting looks similar...Check once...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/140...

LarsKorb
Spotted by
LarsKorb

Sachsenwald, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Spotted on Nov 4, 2012
Submitted on Nov 4, 2012

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