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



Red Belted Bracket.
Species:
Order:
Family: 		Fomitopsis pinicola.
Polyporales.
Fomitopsidaceae.
Habitat:
Width:
Depth:
Season:
Edibility:
 		On living or dead conifers and occasionally on birches.
8 - 25 cms.
5 - 10 cms.
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.