Kebnat
MUSHROOMS

bicoloured bracket

Gloeoporus dichrous

Mushrooms
Native
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Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.

Fungus. Grows in forests.

There are 16 observations of bicoloured bracket in Québec, mostly in Montréal, Outaouais and Chaudière-Appalaches, and it has been reported in 4 of the 17 regions. They peak in October and become rare from December to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montréal8
  2. Outaouais4
  3. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  4. Montérégie2

Habitat

ForestMario Hains

Grows on

White oakQuercus alba
TOXIC
Red mapleAcer rubrum
Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
Jack pinePinus banksiana
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
ApricotPrunus armeniaca
ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
American beechFagus grandifolia
Black ashFraxinus nigra
Tulip-poplarLiriodendron tulipifera
HophornbeamOstrya virginiana
Red sprucePicea rubens

Similar species

Jelly RotMerulius tremellosus
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Mossy Maze PolyporeCerrena unicolor
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
White-rot fungusTrametes pubescens
Irpiciporus mollisIrpiciporus mollis
White Cheese PolyporeTyromyces chioneus
Poplar BracketRigidoporus populinus
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
Northern ToothClimacodon septentrionalis
Violet-toothed PolyporeTrichaptum biforme
Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa