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Trametes versicolor

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Field Notes

Description:

A large mass of tightly packed carpophores sharing an old tree stump with mosses. Carpophores some 3 to 10 cm large, dark brown in the centre, brownish on edges and white-grey below.

Habitat:

Very common polypore around. Seen in winter time on a rotting tree stump in a natural reserve near Geneva (protected wetlands in Meyrin).

Reference Links:

Trametes versicolor - Wikipedia

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Comments (1)
Neil Ross
That's a nice cluster. Great spotting, Zlatan.

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PublishedJanuary 23, 2019

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