Bjerkandera

Notes

Fruiting bodies in confluent (growing together) groups on dead wood, readily identified by the distinctly grey lower poroid surface. Saprobic.
Only one species in New Zealand.

 

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Bjerkandera adusta
Fruiting on dead wood of native trees, forming thin brackets and crusts sometimes extending up to 20 cm over wood surface, with poroid surface grey contrasting with a white margin. Upper surface hairy, light brown or grey.