Bjerkandera adusta

Bjerkandera adusta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Phanerochaetaceae
Genus: Bjerkandera
Species:
B. adusta
Binomial name
Bjerkandera adusta
(Willd.) P.Karst. (1880)

Bjerkandera adusta, commonly known as the smoky polypore or smoky bracket, is a species of fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae. It is a plant pathogen that causes white rot in live trees, but most commonly appears on dead wood.