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Turkey tail

Trametes versicolor

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Field Notes

Description:

The top surface of the cap shows typical concentric zones of different colours. The flesh is 1–3 mm thick and has leathery texture. Older specimens, such as the one pictured, can have zones with green algae growing on them, thus appearing green. It commonly grows in tiled layers. The cap is rust-brown or darker brown, sometimes with blackish zones. The cap is flat, up to 8 x 5 x 0.5–1 cm in area. It is often triangular or round, with zones of fine hairs. The pore surface is whitish to light brown, pores round and with age twisted and labyrinthine. 2-5 pores per millimeter.

Habitat:

Grows on dead, deciduous wood, in wounds of living hardwood trees, and on conifers throughout North America (and throughout the world). It is very cosmopolitan.

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PublishedJanuary 21, 2017

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