Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst.
(Smoky Bracket)

Interactions where Bjerkandera adusta is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead or dying wood UK/IrelandMajor Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead or dyingwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises trunk (wounded) UK/Ireland Malus pumila Apple Rosales: Rosaceae Polyporus adustus (Willd.) Fr. as a wound parasite of apple trees., Brooks, F.T., 1925
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/Malus pumilaappletrunk (wounded)
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead or dying wood UK/Ireland [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead or dyingwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on wounded trunk UK/IrelandMinor [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treeswoundedtrunkMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood UK/IrelandMinor PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood UK/IrelandMinor Araucaria araucana Monkey Puzzle, Monkey-puzzle Pinales: Araucariaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/Araucaria araucanamonkey puzzle, monkey-puzzledead, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood UK/IrelandMinor Cupressus a genus of cypresses Pinales: Cupressaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus/Cupressusa genus of cypressesdead, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood UK/IrelandMinor Thuja red cedars Pinales: Cupressaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja/Thujared cedarsdead, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood UK/IrelandMinor Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucesdead, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood UK/IrelandMinor Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdead, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood UK/IrelandMinor Taxus baccata Yew Pinales: Taxaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/Taxus baccatayewdead, decayedwoodMinor

Interactions where Bjerkandera adusta is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(old) old bracket is parasitised by subiculate perithecium Major Hypomyces aurantius Orange Polypore Mould Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces aurantius/Hypomyces aurantiusorange polypore mouldsubiculateperithecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketoldbracketMajor subiculate perithecium parasitises old bracket
(old) old bracket is parasitised by Cladobotryum anamorph Major Hypomyces aurantius Orange Polypore Mould Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces aurantius/Hypomyces aurantiusorange polypore mouldCladobotryum anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketoldbracketMajor Cladobotryum anamorph parasitises old bracket
fruitbody fruitbody may contain larva UK/Ireland Cis bilamellatus a small fungus beetle Coleoptera: Ciidae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bilamellatus/Cis bilamellatusa small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody may contain larva UK/Ireland Cis castaneus a small fungus beetle Coleoptera: Ciidae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis castaneus/Cis castaneusa small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by perithecium Major Melanospora lagenaria an ascomycete Melanosporales: Ceratostomataceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Melanosporales/Ceratostomataceae/Melanospora lagenaria/Melanospora lagenariaan ascomyceteperithecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/Bjerkandera adustasmoky bracketfruitbodyMajor perithecium parasitises fruitbody

Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Brooks, F.T., 1925Polyporus adustus (Willd.) Fr. as a wound parasite of apple trees.TBMS Vol 10 (3): 225-226.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impactBiological Invasions Vol 12: 515-530.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket)
FamilyMERULIACEAE (rosette fungi)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. 2004 Profiles of Fungi No. 135: Bjerkandera adusta Mycologist Vol 18 (4): 174.

Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket):

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