Smooth Bristle Bracket
Phellinus laevigatus · Family Hymenochaetaceae · Updated October 2026
154US records
30states
Octbusiest month
154 US records since 1885 (2 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Apr 19, 2023 (about 4 years ago) near Flinton, Cambria County, PA, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and the busiest months are Oct, Jun and Sep. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)
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When it's recorded
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Oct, Jun, Sep.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Hamilton County, OH (19) · latest 1945-10
- Bonner County, ID (9) · latest Oct 15, 1956
- Sevier County, TN (8) · latest Jul 23, 1983
- Clermont County, OH (8) · latest 1945-10
- Benton County, OR (5) · latest 1938-02
- District of Columbia, DC (4) · latest Oct 3, 1911
- Avery County, NC (4) · latest Aug 2, 1986
- Swain County, NC (4) · latest Oct 1, 2015
- Allegheny County, PA (3) · latest Sep 19, 1937
- Monroe County, PA (3) · latest Jul 15, 1939
More on this species from GBIF.
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