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Hazel Bracket

Hazel Bracket (Skeletocutis nivea), photo
Photo: dschigel, CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist
Skeletocutis nivea · Family Incrustoporiaceae · Updated October 2026
318US records
20states
Augbusiest month
318 US records since 1875 (72 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Aug 24, 2023 (about 3 years ago) near Flat Rock, Henderson County, NC, a preserved specimen in Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Fungi Collection. Most US records come from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and the busiest months are Aug, Oct and Jul. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)

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When it's recorded

Jan1Feb1Mar2Apr0May13Jun21Jul59Aug77Sep45Oct61Nov10Dec4

Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Oct, Jul.

Where it's recorded

StateRecordsLatest sighting
New Jersey198Nov 3, 2019
Pennsylvania302019
Wisconsin25Jul 30, 1918
New York21Aug 19, 2007
Tennessee6Jul 14, 2004
North Carolina5Aug 24, 2023
Washington5Nov 10, 2021
Delaware4Oct 18, 1895
Virginia3Sep 23, 1996
Illinois31908-10
Michigan3Oct 19, 1911
Indiana3Oct 18, 2020

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More on this species from GBIF.

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