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Turkey tails are possibly the most common mushroom you will find. They are saprobic growing everywhere on dead or rotting stumps and branches. As "versicolor" may suggest, they are very variable in color. Their uses are mainly medicinal and decorative. They can have great beauty. They dry easily to become leathery tough. I have seen them used by artists in various assemblages and even as jewelry. They also can be used to make blue and green dyes for wool and other fabrics.
There has been quite a bit of research done on these for their medicinal value as adjunct including and . A protein-bound polysaccharide called has been developed in Japan for cancer therapy.
Cap (pileus) 1/2 - 4 inches, flat or wavy overlapping leathery, thin, caps. Hairy with zones of different colors of blue, green, rust, brown etc. with a whitish margin often in rosettes, semicircular, fan, or kidney shaped.
Pores are exceptionally small (3 or more per mm) and white.
Stem (stipe) none
Flesh Thin, leathery and white.
Spores White spore print.
Turkey tails can be used for dyeing wool, some fabrics, or paper and will yield a brown color with wool when ammonia is used as a mordant.
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Turkey Tail/Coriolus versicolor