Red Belted Bracket
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 9th January 2022 using iPhone 12 mini
Fact File



Red Belted Bracket.
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Local Names:		 Fomitopsis pinicola.
Polyporales.
Fomitopsidaceae.
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Edibility:
 		On living or dead conifers and occasionally on birches.
8 - 25 cms diameter, 5 - 10 cms thick.
All year round but shed their spores late summer early autumn.
Far too tough to be edible.
When picking any fungus for consumption, caution should be exercised at all times.