Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd

Turkey Tail

Synonyms: Boletus versicolor, Poria versicolor, Agaricus versicolor, Boletus suberosus, Agarico-suber versicolor, Sistotrema versicolor, Polyporus versicolor, Polystictus versicolor, Hansenia versicolor, Bjerkandera versicolor, Coriolus versicolor, Microporus versicolor, Boletus atrofuscus, Cellularia cyathiformis, Boletus cyaneus, Polyporus fuscatus, Polyporus nummularius, Polyporus hirsutulus, Polyporus pectunculus, Polyporus subflavus, Polyporus apophysatus, Polystictus azureus, Polyporus pictilis, Polyporus nigricans, Polyporus cristulatus, Polyporus caesioglaucus, Polystictus neaniscus, Polyporus antarcticus, Polystictoides castaneicola, Polystictus corylicola, Polystictus inversus, Polystictoides castanicola, Polyporus luteovelutinus, Polyporus carpineus, Polyporus irpiciformis, Polyporus picicola, Polyporus reisneri, Polyporus rohlenae, Polyporus vitellinus, Polyporus versicolor var. cyaneus, Polyporus versicolor var. productus, Polyporus versicolor var. rosiphilus, Polystictus doidgeae, Polystictus doidgei, Polystictus castanicola

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Fungus

Sublevel 1: Dikarya

Sublevel 2: Basidiomycota

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Division: Basidiomycota

Class: Agaricomycetes

Order: Polyporales

Family: Polyporaceae

Genus: Trametes

Species: Trametes versicolor

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
There are no rarity listings for fungi. The federal government and New England states do not evaluate fungi for rarity.

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Trametes versicolor