Brown Purplepore Bracket
Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum · Family Hymenochaetaceae · Updated October 2026
97US records
26states
Julbusiest month
97 US records since 1886 (16 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Oct 12, 2024 (about 2 years ago) near Cloquet, Carlton County, MN, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina, and the busiest months are Jul, Jun and Aug. (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: Jul, Jun, Aug.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Swain County, NC (17) · latest Aug 18, 1982
- Sevier County, TN (15) · latest Oct 2, 2015
- Aiken County, SC (7)
- Snohomish County, WA (4) · latest 1929-08
- Yancey County, NC (4) · latest Jun 29, 1986
- Jackson County, NC (4) · latest Jun 20, 1986
- Mendocino County, CA (3) · latest Feb 3, 2023
- Avery County, NC (3) · latest Aug 2, 1986
- Penobscot County, ME (2) · latest 1896-09
- Coos County, NH (2) · latest Aug 1, 1983
More on this species from GBIF.
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