Mushrooms List
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Mushrooms List
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Bracket Family [Coriolaceae] 
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| 13th Jan 2005, Compstall, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| From afar it looks like hundreds of pennies hammered edge-on into the bark of a tree. |
| 13th Jan 2005, Compstall, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| But is really a polypore bracket fungus. |
| 13th Jan 2005, Compstall, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| There are many differently coloured parallel bands, some white, cream, fawn, brown, or black. On closer inspection it could be mistaken for streaky bacon, since the periphery is always much paler resembling the fat and rind. |
| 13th Jan 2005, Compstall, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Velvety bands alternate with smooth bands. It is very thin, perhaps a number seven cut on the bacon slicer. |
| 3rd Nov 2011, Roddlesworth Resrs, Darwen, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| Almost any colour is possible, from browns, yellows, oranges, reds, greens and even blues; hence the name versicolor. |
| 3rd Nov 2011, Roddlesworth Resrs, Darwen, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| Here are some dirty green and muddy orange bands. |
| 3rd Nov 2011, Roddlesworth Resrs, Darwen, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| On the underside are the pores, which are fairly coarse and irregular. |
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Distinguishing Feature : The concentric multi-toned bands and the streaky-bacon look give this fungus away.
No relation to : It is an all-year-round fungus, Jan-Dec of the Trametes (Coriolus) Genus. The name Turkeytail refers to its resemblance of a turkeys' tail. The 'versicolor' in the scientific name refers to the multi-coloured nature of the stripes. It grows on the wood of preferentially deciduous rather than coniferous trees.
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 Trametes
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versicolor
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Coriolaceae
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Bracket Family [Coriolaceae]
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