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Turkey Tail

Trametes Versicolor

Photo by DaniKisso
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Field Notes

Description:

Common bracket fungi with lobed-edged brackets and concentrically zoned colours of purple, green, olive and grey. The underside is pale and the surface a velvety texture.

Habitat:

Found growing on dead logs.

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Comments (2)
DaniKisso
Thanks Alice. It's very beautiful in the forest in autumn when all the fungi appear on dead logs with so many colours. I was always lagging behind by about ten meters trying to take photos of them all.

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Mushroom Mapping
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PublishedAugust 24, 2011

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