Big Smoky Bracket vs black-calabash

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	black-calabash
Kingdom	Fungi (เห็ดรา)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Lamiales (อันดับกะเพรา)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Bjerkandera	Amphitecna
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Amphitecna latifolia

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	black-calabash
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-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

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-calabash

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