Trametes versicolor

1 Turkey Tail at Currowan, NSW

Trametes versicolor at Currowan, NSW - 13 Sep 2024
Trametes versicolor at Currowan, NSW - 13 Sep 2024
Trametes versicolor at Currowan, NSW - 13 Sep 2024
Trametes versicolor at Currowan, NSW - 13 Sep 2024
Trametes versicolor at Currowan, NSW - 13 Sep 2024
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Identification history

Trametes versicolor 16 Sep 2024 Heino1
Unidentified 11 Sep 2024 UserCqoIFqhZ

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Finely reticulate is how I would have described the underside. Now smashed under a fallen tree, and dehydrated (see final photo), the upper surface is now green and striped. The first photo is much earlier, during wet weather.

5 comments

Teresa wrote:
   11 Sep 2024
Very interesting
Heino1 wrote:
   12 Sep 2024
Pity there's no comment about what's on the underside. I think that Trametes versicolor is a plausible ID - but other possibilities are some other Trametes or perhaps a species of Podoscypha.
UserCqoIFqhZ wrote:
   13 Sep 2024
UserCqoIFqhZ wrote:
   13 Sep 2024
I've photographed it on the underside now that it is damaged. A finely reticulate network on the surface is how I would have described it - but that probably isn't Fungi-language.
Heino1 wrote:
   16 Sep 2024
But it is understandable language! Thank you for the additional photos. In this species the upper surface has a mass of very short hairs (giving the surface a somewhat velvety feel). Algal cells and moisture are easily trapped in those hairs and it is common to see a good, green algal growth on the surface - as is the case here.

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  • Trametes versicolor Scientific name
  • Turkey Tail Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1406.03m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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