Yes the pincola group has 3 species
Fomitopsis ochracea, ponderosa and pini-canadensis

Very cool that our SW F.pinicola’s have been renamed—as Irene pointed out they sure don’t look the same as specimens we find in Maine. I noticed that Polyporus ponderosus is a synonym for F. ponderosa. Any reason why you chose Fomitopis ponderosa for your name proposals?

Terri

PS If I understand the Scholarworks article correctly F. pinicola is a European species, F. ponderosa a SW American species and there are two species of the old F. pinicola species cluster which occur from Alaska to Maine. I think one is F. ochracea (no red belt). Do we have a name for the classic NA red belt conk which I find frequently on conifers?

I suppose you know their looks in your area better than I do :-)

I’m pretty sure this is F. pinicola. I know it is very washed out looking but that is how they look in the arid SW. This is a pretty old beat up version but the fat orange margin is common here, as is the lack of varnish. Unfortunately my photos aren’t great due to the bright sun and shadows. Please read my updated notes. From Wikipedia: “Cap hoof-shaped or triangular, hard and tough texture, up to 30-40 × 25 × 10 cm. Surface is more or less smooth, at first orange-yellow with a white margin, later dark reddish to brown and then frequently with orange margin. Pore surface pale yellow to leather-brown, 3-4 pores per mm. Grows on live and dead coniferous or (less common) deciduous trees.”

Terri