Bjerkandera adusta
smoky bracket, smoky polypore
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Habitat: Woodland

Substrate: stumps, logs, and dead trees

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Edibility: Not edible

Description:
Edibility:

Not edible

Identification Notes:

B. fumosus occurs on similar substrates in our area. It differs from B. adusta by having thicker flesh and buff to pale smoky gray pores and a dark line above the base of the tubes (cut through fruitbody). Both these fungi could be mistaken for species of Stereum or Trametes. The former, however, have a smooth surface under the cap, while the latter have white to pale gray pores and their caps are more or less zonate.

Sources: Trudell, Steve and Joe Ammirati. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, Timber Press, Inc. 2009. Roberts, Peter and Evans, Shelley. The Book of Fungi. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Accepted Name:
Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Bjerkandera adusta in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

CalPhotos: Bjerkandera adusta photos

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