Turkey Tail Fungus

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The turkey tail is one of the bracket fungi, also called shelf fungi.
There are many similar bracket fungi, but the true turkey tail is Trametes versicolor.

For more information about turkey tail fungi visit The Mushroom Expert website.



Kingdom: Fungi
  Phylum: Basidiomycota
    Class: Agaricomycetes
       Order: Polyporales - Polypores
         Family: Polyporaceae
           Genus: Trametes
            Trametes versicolor - TURKEY TAIL

For a taxonomic tree and links to other fungi posted on Wild Florida Photo see the Fungi at Wild Florida Photo page.