Bjerkandera adusta

The species was first described scientifically as Boletus adustus by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1787. The genome sequence of Bjerkandera adusta was reported in 2013.

The fungus grows in shelflike fruit bodies which often overlap. The caps are up to {{Convert|7|cm|frac=4}} wide and {{Convert|6|mm|frac=8}} thick,{{Cite book |last=Arora |first=David |author-link=David Arora |title=Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/arora-david-mushrooms-demystified-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-fleshy-fungi-ten-speed-press-1986/page/596/mode/2up |publisher=Ten Speed Press |isbn=978-0-89815-170-1 |location=Berkeley, CA |year=1986 |orig-date=1979 |edition=2nd |pages=596-97}}{{Cite book |last=Audubon |title=Mushrooms of North America |publisher=Knopf |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-593-31998-7 |pages=224}} tomentose to hairy, and buff in colour.{{cite book|last1=Trudell|first1=Steve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WevHvt6Tr8kC|title=Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest|last2=Ammirati|first2=Joe|publisher=Timber Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-88192-935-5|series=Timber Press Field Guides|location=Portland, OR|pages=256|language=en}}

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Bjerkandera fumosa is similar; its flesh has a dark line near the base of the tubes. Some members of the genera Stereum and Trametes are also similar.

The species is often found on decaying wood.

The species is inedible.{{cite book |last=Phillips |first=Roger |url=https://archive.org/details/mushroomsotherfu0000phil |title=Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America |publisher=Firefly Books |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-55407-651-2 |location=Buffalo, NY |page=[https://archive.org/details/mushroomsotherfu0000phil/page/317 317] |url-access=registration}}

Because it produces enzymes that can degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as those used in synthetic textile dyes, there has been research interest in investigating the fungus for possible use in bioremediation. The research on these lignin-degrading enzymes produced by Bjerkandera adusta, such as versatile peroxidase, has also shown in studies to be able to decolorize synthetic melanin. This feature may allow Bjerkandera adusta to be utilized for melanin decolorization in future cosmetic applications.{{Cite journal|last1=Baik|first1=Jina|last2=Purkayastha|first2=Anwesha|last3=Park|first3=Kyung Hye|last4=Kang|first4=Taek Jin|date=Sep 2021|title=Functional Characterization of Melanin Decolorizing Extracellular Peroxidase of Bjerkandera adusta|journal=Journal of Fungi|volume=7|issue=9|pages=10|doi=10.3390/jof7090762|pmid=34575800|pmc=8466778|doi-access=free}}

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Category:Phanerochaetaceae

Category:Fungi of Europe

Category:Fungal plant pathogens and diseases

Category:Fungi described in 1787

Category:Inedible fungi

Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow

Category:Fungus species

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