12-12-2022-2022 - Trametes versicolor

Trametes versicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Trametes
Species:	T. versicolor
Binomial name
Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd (1920)
Synonyms
Boletus versicolor L. (1753) Polyporus versicolor (L.) Fr. (1821) Coriolus versicolor (L.) Quél. (1886)

Trametes versicolor Mycological characteristics
	pores on hymenium
	cap is offset or indistinct
	hymenium is decurrent
	lacks a stipe
	spore print is white to yellow
	ecology is saprotrophic
	edibility: inedible

Trametes versicolor – also known as Coriolus versicolor and Polyporus versicolor – is a common polypore mushroom found throughout the world. Meaning 'of several colors', versicolor reliably describes this fungus that displays a variety of colors. For example, because its shape and multiple colors are similar to those of a wild turkey, T. versicolor is commonly called turkey tail. A similar looking mushroom, commonly called false turkey tail, which is from a different order, may sometimes be confused with the turkey tail mushroom due to appearance. Another lookalike is the multicolor gill polypore.^[1]

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trametes_versicolor