Fomitopsis pinicola    (Swartz) P. Karst. 

common name(s) : Red-belted Bracket, Horseshoe Polypore 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae  

synonyms: Ungulina marginata, Polyporus marginatus, Polyporus pinicola 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Mensularia alba, Fomes marginatus, Fomes pinicola, Fomes ungulatus)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Fomitopsis pinicola
photo gallery of Fomitopsis pinicola potential confusions with Fomitopsis pinicola toxicity of Fomitopsis pinicola genus Fomitopsis  



Fomitopsis pinicola is occasional and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet .
here should be the distribution map of Fomitopsis pinicola in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Fomitopsis pinicola in the forest of Rambouillet



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