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turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 1,957, February 1,494, March 1,512, April 1,069, May 822, June 605, July 518, August 528, September 670, October 684, November 880, December 1,008.
United States109,974
Canada22,329
California18,408
Ontario11,295
Pennsylvania7,528
New York6,656
British Columbia6,357
United Kingdom5,966
Washington5,382
North Carolina5,265

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shelf fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are commonly shelf or bracket fungi.Inferred from its group
  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyBracket Fungi · Polyporaceae
GenusTurkey-tails and allies · Trametes

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