MUSHROOMS

Soft Bracket

Leptoporus mollis

Mushrooms

Native

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

Fungus. Grows in forests.

There are 4 observations of Soft Bracket in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale and Bas-Saint-Laurent, and it has been reported in 2 of the 17 regions.

Where to see it

Capitale-Nationale3
Bas-Saint-Laurent1

Habitat

Grows on

Balsam firAbies balsamea

Black Hills sprucePicea glauca

Similar species

Rosy ConkFomitopsis cajanderi

Red-banded PolyporeFomitopsis pinicola

Northern Red BeltFomitopsis mounceae

Green Cheese PolyporeFomitopsis spraguei

Polypore placentaRhodonia placenta

Brown Cubical Rot of BirchFomitopsis betulina

Northern ToothClimacodon septentrionalis

Jelly RotMerulius tremellosus