Trametes

When young, this neotropical polypore is soft, and can grow around obstacles. Photo from near Argentina-Brazil border.

A soft conk polypore that some plants can grow right through. A widespread species in the Neotropics.

An unusual fungus with pores that go from round to linear striations as seen here.

Castel Fusano, Lazio, Italy

Castel Fusano, Lazio, Italy

Trametes ochracea, syn.: Trametes multicolorSlo.: klobuasta ploskocevkaDat.: Jan. 5. 2012Lat.: 46.34538 Long.: 13.5643Code: Bot_587/2012_DSC2128 Habitat: South inclined mountain slope, broadleaf forest, calcareous ground, quite humid but relatively warm place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 540 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, hanging (not lying on ground), thick branch of Corylus avellana; Tremella mesenterica and Panellus stipticus also present.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, below Ravni Laz place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in group of several pilei. Pileus across up to 5.5 cm (2.2 inch) by 4.3 cm (1.7 inch) and up to 15 mm thick (0.7 inch). Smell faint, unpleasant, acid, taste indistinctive. Flesh soft, leathery, and bendable. SP whitish, faint. Cups zonate, beige/ pail brown (oac 777), with somewhat darker brownish strips (oac748) and white margin, hymenium whitish-light ocher (oac857).Spore dimensions: 6.6 (SD = 0.5) x 2.6 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 2.6 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Ref.: (1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 588. (2) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol.10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 534. (3) www.mycobank.org/mycotaxo.aspx .

2016.07.30 Tali, helsinki, Finland

Trametes ochracea, syn.: Trametes multicolorSlo.: klobuasta ploskocevkaDat.: Jan. 5. 2012Lat.: 46.34538 Long.: 13.5643Code: Bot_587/2012_DSC2128 Habitat: South inclined mountain slope, broadleaf forest, calcareous ground, quite humid but relatively warm place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 540 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, hanging (not lying on ground), thick branch of Corylus avellana; Tremella mesenterica and Panellus stipticus also present.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, below Ravni Laz place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in group of several pilei. Pileus across up to 5.5 cm (2.2 inch) by 4.3 cm (1.7 inch) and up to 15 mm thick (0.7 inch). Smell faint, unpleasant, acid, taste indistinctive. Flesh soft, leathery, and bendable. SP whitish, faint. Cups zonate, beige/ pail brown (oac 777), with somewhat darker brownish strips (oac748) and white margin, hymenium whitish-light ocher (oac857).Spore dimensions: 6.6 (SD = 0.5) x 2.6 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 2.6 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Ref.:(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 588. (2) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol.10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 534. (3) www.mycobank.org/mycotaxo.aspx .

Trametes ochracea, syn.: Trametes multicolorSlo.: klobuasta ploskocevkaDat.: Jan. 5. 2012Lat.: 46.34538 Long.: 13.5643Code: Bot_587/2012_DSC2128 Habitat: South inclined mountain slope, broadleaf forest, calcareous ground, quite humid but relatively warm place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 540 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, hanging (not lying on ground), thick branch of Corylus avellana; Tremella mesenterica and Panellus stipticus also present.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, below Ravni Laz place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in group of several pilei. Pileus across up to 5.5 cm (2.2 inch) by 4.3 cm (1.7 inch) and up to 15 mm thick (0.7 inch). Smell faint, unpleasant, acid, taste indistinctive. Flesh soft, leathery, and bendable. SP whitish, faint. Cups zonate, beige/ pail brown (oac 777), with somewhat darker brownish strips (oac748) and white margin, hymenium whitish-light ocher (oac857).Spore dimensions: 6.6 (SD = 0.5) x 2.6 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 2.6 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 588. (2) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol.10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 534. (3) www.mycobank.org/mycotaxo.aspx .

Trametes ochracea, syn.: Trametes multicolorSlo.: klobuasta ploskocevkaDat.: Jan. 5. 2012Lat.: 46.34538 Long.: 13.5643Code: Bot_587/2012_DSC2128 Habitat: South inclined mountain slope, broadleaf forest, calcareous ground, quite humid but relatively warm place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 540 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, hanging (not lying on ground), thick branch of Corylus avellana; Tremella mesenterica and Panellus stipticus also present.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, below Ravni Laz place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in group of several pilei. Pileus across up to 5.5 cm (2.2 inch) by 4.3 cm (1.7 inch) and up to 15 mm thick (0.7 inch). Smell faint, unpleasant, acid, taste indistinctive. Flesh soft, leathery, and bendable. SP whitish, faint. Cups zonate, beige/ pail brown (oac 777), with somewhat darker brownish strips (oac748) and white margin, hymenium whitish-light ocher (oac857).Spore dimensions: 6.6 (SD = 0.5) x 2.6 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 2.6 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Ref.:(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 588. (2) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol.10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 534. (3) www.mycobank.org/mycotaxo.aspx .

Trametes ochracea, syn.: Trametes multicolorSlo.: klobuasta ploskocevkaDat.: Jan. 5. 2012Lat.: 46.34538 Long.: 13.5643Code: Bot_587/2012_DSC2128 Habitat: South inclined mountain slope, broadleaf forest, calcareous ground, quite humid but relatively warm place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 540 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, hanging (not lying on ground), thick branch of Corylus avellana; Tremella mesenterica and Panellus stipticus also present.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, below Ravni Laz place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in group of several pilei. Pileus across up to 5.5 cm (2.2 inch) by 4.3 cm (1.7 inch) and up to 15 mm thick (0.7 inch). Smell faint, unpleasant, acid, taste indistinctive. Flesh soft, leathery, and bendable. SP whitish, faint. Cups zonate, beige/ pail brown (oac 777), with somewhat darker brownish strips (oac748) and white margin, hymenium whitish-light ocher (oac857).Spore dimensions: 6.6 (SD = 0.5) x 2.6 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 2.6 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Ref.:(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 588. (2) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol.10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 534. (3) www.mycobank.org/mycotaxo.aspx .

Trametes ochracea, syn.: Trametes multicolorSlo.: klobuasta ploskocevkaDat.: Jan. 5. 2012Lat.: 46.34538 Long.: 13.5643Code: Bot_587/2012_DSC2128 Habitat: South inclined mountain slope, broadleaf forest, calcareous ground, quite humid but relatively warm place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 540 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, hanging (not lying on ground), thick branch of Corylus avellana; Tremella mesenterica and Panellus stipticus also present.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, below Ravni Laz place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in group of several pilei. Pileus across up to 5.5 cm (2.2 inch) by 4.3 cm (1.7 inch) and up to 15 mm thick (0.7 inch). Smell faint, unpleasant, acid, taste indistinctive. Flesh soft, leathery, and bendable. SP whitish, faint. Cups zonate, beige/ pail brown (oac 777), with somewhat darker brownish strips (oac748) and white margin, hymenium whitish-light ocher (oac857).Spore dimensions: 6.6 (SD = 0.5) x 2.6 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 2.6 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Ref.:(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 588. (2) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol.10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 534. (3) www.mycobank.org/mycotaxo.aspx .

Trametes ochracea, syn.: Trametes multicolorSlo.: klobuasta ploskocevkaDat.: Jan. 5. 2012Lat.: 46.34538 Long.: 13.5643Code: Bot_587/2012_DSC2128 Habitat: South inclined mountain slope, broadleaf forest, calcareous ground, quite humid but relatively warm place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 540 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, hanging (not lying on ground), thick branch of Corylus avellana; Tremella mesenterica and Panellus stipticus also present.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, below Ravni Laz place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in group of several pilei. Pileus across up to 5.5 cm (2.2 inch) by 4.3 cm (1.7 inch) and up to 15 mm thick (0.7 inch). Smell faint, unpleasant, acid, taste indistinctive. Flesh soft, leathery, and bendable. SP whitish, faint. Cups zonate, beige/ pail brown (oac 777), with somewhat darker brownish strips (oac748) and white margin, hymenium whitish-light ocher (oac857).Spore dimensions: 6.6 (SD = 0.5) x 2.6 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 2.6 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Ref.:(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 588. (2) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol.10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 534. (3) www.mycobank.org/mycotaxo.aspx .

2021.11.01 Tali, Helsinki, Finland

Trametes ochracea, syn.: Trametes multicolorSlo.: klobuasta ploskocevkaDat.: Jan. 5. 2012Lat.: 46.34538 Long.: 13.5643Code: Bot_587/2012_DSC2128 Habitat: South inclined mountain slope, broadleaf forest, calcareous ground, quite humid but relatively warm place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 540 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, hanging (not lying on ground), thick branch of Corylus avellana; Tremella mesenterica and Panellus stipticus also present.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, below Ravni Laz place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in group of several pilei. Pileus across up to 5.5 cm (2.2 inch) by 4.3 cm (1.7 inch) and up to 15 mm thick (0.7 inch). Smell faint, unpleasant, acid, taste indistinctive. Flesh soft, leathery, and bendable. SP whitish, faint. Cups zonate, beige/ pail brown (oac 777), with somewhat darker brownish strips (oac748) and white margin, hymenium whitish-light ocher (oac857).Spore dimensions: 6.6 (SD = 0.5) x 2.6 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 2.6 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 588. (2) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol.10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 534. (3) www.mycobank.org/mycotaxo.aspx .

Trametes versicolorThe Turkey TailSlo.: pisana ploskocevkaDat.: October 09. 2008Lat.: 46.33819 Long.: 13.5431Habitat: Mixed forest, in shade, fairly humid, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 460 m (1.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: on rotten wood of a deciduous tree. Place West of Bovec, above Jezerca place, East Julian Alps, Posocje, Slovenia EC

Photographed by my husband, Chris Ryan, in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, on the Franklin River Nature Trail.IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Trametes versicolorThe Turkey TailSlo.: pisana ploskocevkaDat.: October 09. 2008Lat.: 46.33819 Long.: 13.5431Habitat: Mixed forest, in shade, fairly humid, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 460 m (1.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: on rotten wood of a deciduous tree. Place West of Bovec, above Jezerca place, East Julian Alps, Posocje, Slovenia EC

Trametes versicolor (L.) PilatTurkey Tail, DE: Schmetterlings-TrameteSlo.: pisana ploskocevkaDat.: Feb. 11. 2016Lat.: 46.36179 Long.: 13.704983Code: Bot_933/2016_DSC0355Habitat: Young, mixed forest and bushes, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Ailanthus altissima, Fraxinus ornus, Ostrya carpinifolia, Corylus avellana dominant; overgrown former pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; shallow, skeletal, calcareous ground; relatively warm place; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 610 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, still standing Fagus sylvatica trunkPlace: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of pastures belonging to the abandoned farm house Koc, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Trametes versicolor is a very common species. Several authors consider it as the most frequent decomposer of wood of deciduous trees. It almost always appears in large, sometimes very beautifully colored, colonies. But it is also a very variable species, particularly in colors of distinctly zonate pilei. Because of that confusion with other species of genus Trametes is quite possible. The best distinguishing traits of Trametes versicolor for me are very small pores (up to 5/mm) and a distinctive, but very thin dark brown line between context and tomentum in cross-section. But one should cut pilei with a very sharp knife, or better with a razor blade. In this way the line remains undamaged and clearly visible. Growing in a group of several hundreds of pilei; pilei dimensions up to 4.6 x 2.9 cm and up to 6(8) mm thick, pore layer 1.5(2.5) mm thick; taste distinct, unpleasant, on rotten something?; smell mild, mushroomy; pore density 43/cm (SD=5.3, n=8), SP whitish-beige, oac 851.Spores smooth. Dimensions; 5.3 [6.1 ; 6.4] 7.1 x 1.8 [2 ; 2.1] 2.4 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 6.2 x 2.1 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, aniline blue, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) L. Ryvarden, I. Melo, Poroid fungi of Europe, Synopsis Fungorum 31., Fungiflora (2014), p 421. (2) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 537.(3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 508.(4) R. Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 341.(5) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 317. (6) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2., Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.

Trametes versicolor (L.) PilatTurkey Tail, DE: Schmetterlings-TrameteSlo.: pisana ploskocevkaDat.: Feb. 11. 2016Lat.: 46.36179 Long.: 13.704983Code: Bot_933/2016_DSC0355Habitat: Young, mixed forest and bushes, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Ailanthus altissima, Fraxinus ornus, Ostrya carpinifolia, Corylus avellana dominant; overgrown former pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; shallow, skeletal, calcareous ground; relatively warm place; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 610 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, still standing Fagus sylvatica trunkPlace: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of pastures belonging to the abandoned farm house Koc, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Trametes versicolor is a very common species. Several authors consider it as the most frequent decomposer of wood of deciduous trees. It almost always appears in large, sometimes very beautifully colored, colonies. But it is also a very variable species, particularly in colors of distinctly zonate pilei. Because of that confusion with other species of genus Trametes is quite possible. The best distinguishing traits of Trametes versicolor for me are very small pores (up to 5/mm) and a distinctive, but very thin dark brown line between context and tomentum in cross-section. But one should cut pilei with a very sharp knife, or better with a razor blade. In this way the line remains undamaged and clearly visible. Growing in a group of several hundreds of pilei; pilei dimensions up to 4.6 x 2.9 cm and up to 6(8) mm thick, pore layer 1.5(2.5) mm thick; taste distinct, unpleasant, on rotten something?; smell mild, mushroomy; pore density 43/cm (SD=5.3, n=8), SP whitish-beige, oac 851.Spores smooth. Dimensions; 5.3 [6.1 ; 6.4] 7.1 x 1.8 [2 ; 2.1] 2.4 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 6.2 x 2.1 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, aniline blue, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) L. Ryvarden, I. Melo, Poroid fungi of Europe, Synopsis Fungorum 31., Fungiflora (2014), p 421. (2) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 537.(3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 508.(4) R. Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 341.(5) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 317. (6) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2., Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.

HEALING - non-edible mushrooms. Lives as a saprophyte on rotten stumps and branches. It grows on trunks or branches of deciduous trees throughout the year. The fertile body is in the form of hats that are stacked over each other. Broad range of 3-7cm, thin, with black, bluish, brown, reddish areas, which are spread irregularly-concentric. When there is more moisture then this is the area of greenish algae that settle there. Torus is white, and cream in the elderly. It is very healing. Ergosterol-containing substances, fungisterol, polysaccharide peptide PSP and PSK, which are the main active fraction of his acting on the immune system of man. It stimulates the production of interferon. This is a healing substance for cancer of the colon, breast and lung. It is effective in the treatment of hepatitis, B, and acute hepatitis. Clinically tested in Japan, Russia and the United States.

Trametes versicolor (L.) PilatTurkey Tail, DE: Schmetterlings-TrameteSlo.: pisana ploskocevkaDat.: Feb. 11. 2016Lat.: 46.36179 Long.: 13.704983Code: Bot_933/2016_DSC0355Habitat: Young, mixed forest and bushes, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Ailanthus altissima, Fraxinus ornus, Ostrya carpinifolia, Corylus avellana dominant; overgrown former pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; shallow, skeletal, calcareous ground; relatively warm place; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 610 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, still standing Fagus sylvatica trunkPlace: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of pastures belonging to the abandoned farm house Koc, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Trametes versicolor is a very common species. Several authors consider it as the most frequent decomposer of wood of deciduous trees. It almost always appears in large, sometimes very beautifully colored, colonies. But it is also a very variable species, particularly in colors of distinctly zonate pilei. Because of that confusion with other species of genus Trametes is quite possible. The best distinguishing traits of Trametes versicolor for me are very small pores (up to 5/mm) and a distinctive, but very thin dark brown line between context and tomentum in cross-section. But one should cut pilei with a very sharp knife, or better with a razor blade. In this way the line remains undamaged and clearly visible. Growing in a group of several hundreds of pilei; pilei dimensions up to 4.6 x 2.9 cm and up to 6(8) mm thick, pore layer 1.5(2.5) mm thick; taste distinct, unpleasant, on rotten something?; smell mild, mushroomy; pore density 43/cm (SD=5.3, n=8), SP whitish-beige, oac 851.Spores smooth. Dimensions; 5.3 [6.1 ; 6.4] 7.1 x 1.8 [2 ; 2.1] 2.4 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 6.2 x 2.1 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, aniline blue, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) L. Ryvarden, I. Melo, Poroid fungi of Europe, Synopsis Fungorum 31., Fungiflora (2014), p 421. (2) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 537.(3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 508.(4) R. Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 341.(5) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 317. (6) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2., Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.

Tikal, Peten, Guatemala

Trametes versicolor (L.) PilatTurkey Tail, DE: Schmetterlings-TrameteSlo.: pisana ploskocevkaDat.: Feb. 11. 2016Lat.: 46.36179 Long.: 13.704983Code: Bot_933/2016_DSC0355Habitat: Young, mixed forest and bushes, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Ailanthus altissima, Fraxinus ornus, Ostrya carpinifolia, Corylus avellana dominant; overgrown former pasture; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; shallow, skeletal, calcareous ground; relatively warm place; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 610 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, still standing Fagus sylvatica trunkPlace: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of pastures belonging to the abandoned farm house Koc, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Trametes versicolor is a very common species. Several authors consider it as the most frequent decomposer of wood of deciduous trees. It almost always appears in large, sometimes very beautifully colored, colonies. But it is also a very variable species, particularly in colors of distinctly zonate pilei. Because of that confusion with other species of genus Trametes is quite possible. The best distinguishing traits of Trametes versicolor for me are very small pores (up to 5/mm) and a distinctive, but very thin dark brown line between context and tomentum in cross-section. But one should cut pilei with a very sharp knife, or better with a razor blade. In this way the line remains undamaged and clearly visible. Growing in a group of several hundreds of pilei; pilei dimensions up to 4.6 x 2.9 cm and up to 6(8) mm thick, pore layer 1.5(2.5) mm thick; taste distinct, unpleasant, on rotten something?; smell mild, mushroomy; pore density 43/cm (SD=5.3, n=8), SP whitish-beige, oac 851.Spores smooth. Dimensions; 5.3 [6.1 ; 6.4] 7.1 x 1.8 [2 ; 2.1] 2.4 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 6.2 x 2.1 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, aniline blue, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) L. Ryvarden, I. Melo, Poroid fungi of Europe, Synopsis Fungorum 31., Fungiflora (2014), p 421. (2) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 537.(3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 508.(4) R. Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 341.(5) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 317. (6) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2., Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.