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Schrenk's Red-Belt Conk

Fomitopsis schrenkii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 9, February 7, March 9, April 19, May 29, June 26, July 23, August 53, September 17, October 10, November 13, December 7.
United States740
Colorado600
New Mexico496
Arizona279
Mexico222
South Dakota145
Texas121
Mexico58
Michoacan de Ocampo16
Coahuila de Zaragoza14

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shelf fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are commonly shelf or bracket fungi.Inferred from its group
  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyBracket Polypores · Fomitopsidaceae
GenusFomitopsis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Schrenk's Red-Belt Conk with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.