Bjerkandera adusta (smoky bracket)

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

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

Stage	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead or dying wood	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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches	dead or dying	wood	Major
fruitbody	fruitbody parasitises trunk (wounded)	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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		trunk (wounded)
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead or dying wood	[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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees	dead or dying	wood
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on wounded trunk	[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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees	wounded	trunk	Minor
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers	dead, decayed	wood	Minor
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Araucariaceae/Araucaria araucana/	Araucaria araucana	monkey puzzle, monkey-puzzle	dead, decayed	wood	Minor
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus/	Cupressus	a genus of cypresses	dead, decayed	wood	Minor
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja/	Thuja	red cedars	dead, decayed	wood	Minor
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces	dead, decayed	wood	Minor
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines	dead, decayed	wood	Minor
fruitbody	fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood	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 adusta	smoky bracket	fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew	dead, decayed	wood	Minor

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 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active State	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Summary
(old)	old bracket is parasitised by subiculate perithecium	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 aurantius	orange polypore mould	subiculate	perithecium	Fungus / parasite		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/	Bjerkandera adusta	smoky bracket	old		bracket	Major	subiculate perithecium parasitises old bracket
(old)	old bracket is parasitised by Cladobotryum anamorph	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 aurantius	orange polypore mould		Cladobotryum anamorph	Fungus / parasite		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/	Bjerkandera adusta	smoky bracket	old		bracket	Major	Cladobotryum anamorph parasitises old bracket
fruitbody	fruitbody may contain larva	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 bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle		larva	Fungus / internal feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/	Bjerkandera adusta	smoky bracket		fruitbody			larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody	fruitbody may contain larva	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 castaneus	a small fungus beetle		larva	Fungus / internal feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/	Bjerkandera adusta	smoky bracket		fruitbody			larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody	fruitbody is parasitised by perithecium	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 lagenaria	an ascomycete		perithecium	Fungus / parasite		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/	Bjerkandera adusta	smoky bracket		fruitbody		Major	perithecium parasitises fruitbody

Author & Year	Title	Source
Brooks, F.T., 1925	Polyporus adustus (Willd.) Fr. as a wound parasite of apple trees.	TBMS Vol 10 (3): 225-226.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact	Biological Invasions Vol 12: 515-530.

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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:

MERULIACEAE
(rosette fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Author	Year	Title	Source
Brooks, F.T.	1925	Polyporus adustus (Willd.) Fr. as a wound parasite of apple trees.	TBMS Vol 10 (3): 225-226.

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Bjerkandera adusta is also a member of:

Identification Works

General Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Species	Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket)
Family	MERULIACEAE (rosette fungi)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)