Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Hapalopilaceae
Species: Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst.
Synonyms: Bjerkandera adusta f. resupinata
Boletus adustus
Boletus carpineus
Gloeoporus adustus
Polyporus adustus
Polyporus adustus f. resupinata
Polyporus crispus
Common Name: Smoky Bracket
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Bjerkandera adustaPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine

Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (14)
Quercus petraea (3)
Beech (2)
Betula (2)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (6)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Rowan-birch woods (2)
Woodland (2)
Boundaries: hedge with trees (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Stump (6)
Fallen Tree (4)
Cut Trunk (3)
Dead Wood (3)
Fallen log (3)
Log (3)
Fallen Branch (2)
Sawn Wood (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
February (6)
April (1)
May (1)
August (1)
September (11)
October (22)
November (3)
December (6)