Big Smoky Bracket vs Butterfly-leaf

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Adenolobus garipensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Butterfly-leaf
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Bjerkandera	Adenolobus
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Adenolobus garipensis

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Butterfly-leaf
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Smoky Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Butterfly-leaf

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Big Smoky Bracket

The Big Smoky Bracket (Bjerkandera fumosa) is a species in the genus Bjerkandera. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Butterfly-leaf

The Butterfly-leaf (Adenolobus garipensis) is a species in the genus Adenolobus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.