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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket)
Genus	Fomitopsis (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Fomitopsis pinicola is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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:

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Fomitopsis pinicola is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)