Turkey Tail gets its name from the fact that it sort of resembles a turkey's tail. The caps were bracket-shaped, thin, fuzzy, and had concentric zones of green, brown, and gray. The pores are white. "/>
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Turkey Tail

Trametes versicolor

Description:

Very "hairy" turkey tail fungus that I found growing on rotting wood in a deciduous swamp.

Turkey Tail gets its name from the fact that it sort of resembles a turkey's tail. The caps were bracket-shaped, thin, fuzzy, and had concentric zones of green, brown, and gray. The pores are white.

Habitat:

Growing on rotting wood in a swamp.

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2 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A very colorful fungus....

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Photo No. 1: is a very pretty photo....a very pretty, Turkey Tail fungus....

Christine Y.
Spotted by
Christine Y.

Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Mar 27, 2018
Submitted on Apr 6, 2018

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