Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Turkey Tail

The American name Turkey Tail is jollier than the rather prim British name 'The many-zoned plypore'.  But both names describe the concentrically zoned colour pattern on this fungus - like a turkey's tail (see below)  


It grows on dead wood and sometimes living trees 
especially on a broken branch or pruning wound


The wavy edge of the clustering brackets has a white edge, which fades as the brackets age.
btw the white edged fungus in my previous email about sulphur tuft fungus was apparently a very young crop of turkey tail - info thanks to Simon Harding



Image result for turkey bird
Hi guys!  Are you ready for Christmas?
Image New Hampshire PBS

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