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Turkey Tail

Trametes versicolor

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Identification: Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail)

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Kluczowe cechy

  • Thin
  • flexible
  • bracket-like fruiting body
  • Cap surface distinctly zoned with concentric color rings (brown
  • tan
  • white)
  • Velvety or finely hairy texture on the cap
  • Pore surface white to cream
  • visible pores (polypore)
  • Grows sessile on decaying wood
Kolor:

Cap zoned brown, tan, gray, and white; Pore surface white to cream.

Zapach:

No distinctive smell

Wzór wzrostu:

Overlapping clusters

Środowisko:

Wood

Siedlisko i występowanie

Siedlisko:

Decaying hardwood logs or stumps, often moss-covered

Występowanie:

Cosmopolitan (Worldwide)

Sezonowość:

Year-round, especially fall and winter

Wartość ekonomiczna

Popyt rynkowy:

High - widely used in traditional medicine and supplements

Zakres cenowy:

$15-40/lb dried

Użytek komercyjny:

Medicinal extracts, teas, and dietary supplements

Podobne gatunki

False Turkey Tail

Stereum ostrea

Non-toxic, but non-medicinal
Kluczowe różnice:
  • Underside is smooth (resupinate), not porous
  • Lacks true pores

Hairy Bracket

Trametes hirsuta

Non-toxic
Kluczowe różnice:
  • Cap is thicker and much hairier (hirsute)
  • Cap colors are typically whiter or grayer, less distinctly zoned

Zalecane działanie

Document and leave undisturbed. Do not consume.