Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Meruliaceae
Species: Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst.

Synonyms:

Bjerkandera adusta f. resupinata Bjerkandera adusta forma resupinata Bjerkandera adusta var. crispus Boletus adustus Boletus carpineus Boletus crispus Coriolellus serialis f. resupinatus Coriolellus serialis forma resupinatus Daedalea fennica Gloeoporus adustus Leptoporus adustus Polyporus adustus Polyporus adustus forma resupinata Polyporus atropileus Polyporus candidus Polyporus crispus Polyporus excavatus Polyporus macrosporus Polyporus ochraceocinereus Polyporus scanicus Polyporus solubilis Polyporus tegumentosus Polyporus tristis Poria luteogrisea Trametes tristis

Common Name:

Smoky Bracket

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Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (34) Quercus petraea (3) Aesculus hippocastanum (2) Quercus (2) Fraxinus excelsior (2) Betula (2) Betula pubescens (1) Acer campestre (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (12) Woodland (8) Parkland and scattered trees (6) Woodland: mixed (6) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Rowan-birch woods (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation (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)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Stump (20) Log (8) Dead Wood (4) Fallen log (4) Fallen Tree (4) Tree (4) Wood (4) Cut Trunk (3) Branch (1) Buried Wood (1) Fallen Wood (1) Sawn Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (3) February (3) March (6) April (1) May (4) July (2) August (6) September (18) October (35) November (6) December (5)