Big Smoky Bracket vs Black Maple

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Acer nigrum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Black Maple
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Polyporales (多孔菌目)	Sapindales (ムクロジ目)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Bjerkandera	Acer
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Acer nigrum

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Black Maple
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).

Black Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.

Black Maple

The Black Maple (Acer nigrum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States