Smoky Bracket
Scientific Name:
Bjerkandera adusta
Synonyms:
A small, greyish white bracket often found in dense, overlapping tiers on deciduous wood.
Confusion Species:
Height:
Cap Diameter (mm):
20-40mm
Cap or Bracket Thickness (mm):
3-6mm
Stem Height (mm):
Stem Diameter (mm):
Distribution:
Common throughout the year.
Habitat:
Broadleaf woodland.
Micro Habitat:
Cap:
The upper bracket is grey-brown when young with a white margin, darker with age, irregular or lumpy, finely downy then smooth with an undulating margin.
Flesh:
The flesh can be leathery or rubbery and whitish.
Gills:
Pores are subcircular or angular, very small, smoke-grey in colour, darkening with age. Tubes are grey in colour.
Spores:
Stem:
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Additional Notes:
Inedible.