Woody conk 11 cm across on dead standing conifer (douglas fir I think) at about 6500' elevation in ponderosa pine/douglas fir/spruce habitat. These red belted polypores from the arid SW look quite different from those we find in the humid NE. They are much paler, less varnished looking and frequently just in very rough shape from the harsh climate. We find these everywhere on dead conifers at the 6500' to 9500' elevation and we've tried to document some of them to show various stages of growth--from just emerging bits of varnish to very weathered specimens like this one.