P. schweinitzii is named after Lewis David de Schweinitz, a Pennsylvania-born Moravian minister and important early American mycologist. The dyer's polypore is an excellent natural source of green, yellow, gold, or brown dye, depending on the material dyed and the mordant used
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Your son took a nice capture
That colourful fellow is "Phaeolus schweinitzii" which is a brown rot fungi that effects the roots and the base of Pine, Spruce, Fir and Cedar trees.
Like most fungi it's just part of nature's recycling process, but I would definitely get your pine checked out by a tree professional.🌲
Best of luck!
Here's a fungal foto of mine from a while ago.
I’m sharing with many folks.
Super cool.
Sweet pic!
Mushrooms & toadstools never cease to amaze me. 🍄