Smoky Bracket
Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P.Karst.
Also called: Smoky polypore, big smoky bracket
Safety first
Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.
If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.
Edibility
Inedible Source: Wikipedia: Bjerkandera adusta
Classification from Wikipedia: Bjerkandera adusta. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.
Photos
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Photo: Leanne Stacy Reitan. CC0. Source (inaturalist)
Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 100 |
| February | 97 |
| March | 104 |
| April | 119 |
| May | 292 |
| June | 136 |
| July | 222 |
| August | 466 |
| September | 572 |
| October | 645 |
| November | 259 |
| December | 114 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- Ontario 266 records · Foraging rules
- New York 260 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 202 records · Foraging rules
- Ohio 167 records · Foraging rules
- California 147 records · Foraging rules
- Pennsylvania 135 records · Foraging rules
- Louisiana 109 records · Foraging rules
- Wisconsin 101 records · Foraging rules
- Illinois 84 records · Foraging rules
- Minnesota 75 records · Foraging rules
- Massachusetts 72 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 63 records · Foraging rules
- Vermont 61 records · Foraging rules
- Indiana 61 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 60 records · Foraging rules
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- North Carolina55 records
- Tennessee54 records
- Washington53 records
- Florida52 records
- Virginia48 records
- New Hampshire47 records
- Missouri47 records
- Connecticut45 records
- West Virginia45 records
- Manitoba44 records
- Maine43 records
- New Jersey41 records
- Texas40 records
- Maryland40 records
- Nova Scotia39 records
- Georgia34 records
- Idaho33 records
- Alberta31 records
- Oregon31 records
- Arkansas26 records
- Delaware26 records
- Kansas23 records
- Wyoming21 records
- Iowa21 records
- Alabama20 records
- Colorado20 records
- District of Columbia19 records
- North Dakota16 records
- Arizona16 records
- Mississippi15 records
- Saskatchewan14 records
- Oklahoma14 records
- New Mexico13 records
- South Carolina12 records
- Montana12 records
- Kentucky11 records
- Utah11 records
- New Brunswick11 records
- Alaska10 records
- Prince Edward Island8 records
- Nebraska6 records
- Yukon3 records
- Rhode Island3 records
- South Dakota3 records
- Newfoundland and Labrador2 records
- Hawaii1 records
Identification traits
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | pores |
|---|---|
| Ecology | saprotrophic |
| Spore print color | white |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Bjerkandera adusta, commonly known as the smoky polypore or smoky bracket, is a species of fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae. It is a plant pathogen that causes white rot in live trees, but most commonly appears on dead wood.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
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