Beautiful concentric bands, but thin and leathery. Used for tea and extracts, never as food.
Side by side
Bjerkandera adusta
Trametes versicolor
In this game
Inedible / unclear
Inedible / unclear
Habitat
Dead broadleaf wood, forming thin brackets with a smoky-grey underside.
Overlapping tiers on dead broadleaf wood, stumps and fallen branches.
Season
All year, fresh in autumn.
All year, fresh growth in autumn.
Spore print
White.
White.
This comparison cannot make a mushroom safe to eat. It sets out the few characteristics this game records, in general terms, for two species that vary by region, age and growing conditions. Real specimens overlap in ways no table and no photograph can separate, and the deadly one here is deadly in a single meal. Ask a qualified local expert, every time.