Red Belted Conk
Fomitopsis pinicola · Family Fomitopsidaceae · Updated October 2026
1,113US records
35states
Augbusiest month
1,113 US records since 1879 (86 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Aug 19, 2020 (about 6 years ago) near Winter Park, Grand County, CO, a preserved specimen in Denver Botanic Gardens, Sam Mitchel Herbarium of Fungi. Most US records come from New Jersey, Wisconsin and New York, and the busiest months are Aug, Jul and Sep. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)
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When it's recorded
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Jul, Sep.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Portage County, WI (60) · latest 1966-08
- Sussex County, NJ (36) · latest Sep 28, 2019
- Mercer County, NJ (29) · latest May 4, 2019
- Ocean County, NJ (29) · latest Oct 26, 2019
- Morris County, NJ (22) · latest Jul 20, 2019
- Tompkins County, NY (21) · latest Oct 7, 1967
- Burlington County, NJ (19) · latest Oct 6, 2018
- Grand Traverse County, MI (19) · latest Aug 14, 1953
- Sevier County, TN (18) · latest Sep 30, 2015
- Bonner County, ID (17) · latest Jul 18, 1939
More on this species from GBIF.
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