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Photo by BrendanMac
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I was out hiking when I saw these beautiful mushrooms. I believe they are Turkey Tail. What was very interesting was their color was brown and reddish in the morning while it was cloudy. Around midday the sun came out and it heated up. The mushrooms turned white.anyone have an explanation for this??

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Comments (3)
Jae
You're welcome, Brendan, and good luck :)
BrendanMac
Thank you so much for helping me! I will check them again soon and look at their underside.
Jae
Nice photos, Brendan. I believe the variation of color is caused by changes in humidity and could indicate that the fungus is hygrophanous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophanous Also I think the fungi in your spotting could also be false turkey tails (Stereum ostrea), but you would need a photo of the underside to be certain. A false turkey tail mushroom has a smooth surface and a turkey tail mushroom a pore surface.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2015

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