Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.) P. Karst.
(Red-belted Bracket)

Interactions where Fomitopsis pinicola is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, brown-rotten trunk Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesdead, brown-rottentrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, brown-rotten wood PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, brown-rottenwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing, brown-rotten trunk PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, standing, brown-rottentrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, brown-rotten log (large) PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, brown-rottenlog (large)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, brown-rotten wood Picea sitchensis Sitka Spruce Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/Picea sitchensisSitka sprucedead, brown-rottenwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing, brown-rotten trunk Picea sitchensis Sitka Spruce Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/Picea sitchensisSitka sprucedead, standing, brown-rottentrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, brown-rotten log (large) Picea sitchensis Sitka Spruce Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/Picea sitchensisSitka sprucedead, brown-rottenlog (large)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, brown-rotten wood Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinedead, brown-rottenwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, standing, brown-rotten trunk Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinedead, standing, brown-rottentrunk
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, brown-rotten log (large) Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its mycelium, Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis pinicola/Fomitopsis pinicolared-belted bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinedead, brown-rottenlog (large)

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Pietka, J. & Grzywacz, A., 2006Attempts at active protection of Inonotus obliquus by inoculating birches with its myceliumActa Mycologica Vol 41 (2): 305-312.

Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket)
GenusFomitopsis (a genus of bracket fungi)
FamilyFOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Mattock, G. 2001 A collection of Fomitopsis pinicola in England Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 98.

Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket):

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