Species
Fomitopsis mounceae (Northern red belt)
Fomitopsis mounceae. Photo: (c) Claire O’Neill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Fomitopsis mounceae is a recently isolated species of shelf fungus. Originally thought to be identical to the red-belted conk, recent studies show that it is in fact a discrete species. The original specimen was isolated from Edson, Alberta on a poplar tree. This species was named after Irene Mounce, a respected Canadian mycologist.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Polyporales (Shelf fungi)
- Family: Fomitopsidaceae (Bracket polypores)
- Genus: Fomitopsis
- Complex: Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-banded polypores)
- Species: Fomitopsis mounceae (Northern red belt)
- Complex: Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-banded polypores)
- Genus: Fomitopsis
- Family: Fomitopsidaceae (Bracket polypores)
- Order: Polyporales (Shelf fungi)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
Sightings
