Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Smooth bristle 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
- Fomitiporia punctata
- Phellinus lundellii
- Fuscoporia ferrea
- Fuscoporia ferruginosa
- Phellopilus nigrolimitatus
- Phellinopsis conchata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Hymenochaetales
- Family
- Hymenochaetaceae
- Genus
- Phellinus
- Species
- Phellinus laevigatus
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