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Turkey Tail

Trametes versicolor

Photo by LukeGMyers
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Field Notes

Description:

Colorful, pretty, common and edible fungus.

Habitat:

Grows mainly on fallen trees.

Notes:

You can tell real Turkey tail from an impostor by checking to see if it is flexible, and that it has spores on it's underside.

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Trametes versicolor

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