Smoky polypore

Bjerkandera adusta

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

It was first described scientifically as ''Boletus adustus'' by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1787. The genome sequence of ''Bjerkandera adusta'' was reported in 2013.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderPolyporales
FamilyMeruliaceae
GenusBjerkandera
SpeciesB. adusta