Gloeoporus dichrous is a species of fungus in the family Irpicaceae. First described as Polyporus dichrous by Elias Magnus Fries in 1815, it was later transferred to the genus Gloeoporus by Italian mycologist Giacomo Bresadola in 1912. The variety G. dichrous var. niger (formerly known as Ceriporiopsis nigra) was proposed in 2008, after molecular analysis revealed the two taxa were conspecific. G. dichrous is inedible.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bicoloured bracket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Steccherinum bourdotii
- Metuloidea murashkinskyi
- Skeletocutis amorpha
- Bjerkandera fumosa
- Cyanotrama gypsea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Irpicaceae
- Genus
- Gloeoporus
- Species
- Gloeoporus dichrous
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