False Turkey Tail Mushroom
False turkey tail mushrooms Stereum ostrea are found in large layered groups on stumps and logs of deciduous trees especially oaks and are extremely common throughout North America. Turkey tail mushrooms are a polypore meaning that it has pores on the underside like several other medicinal mushrooms including reishi and tinder polypore. False Turkey Tail Mdc Discover Nature Its November in the USA and that means Thanksgiving with our thanksgiving feasts of turkey and all the trimmings. False turkey tail mushroom . Turkey Tail vs. I could go on and on with these but you get the idea. Stereum ostrea is often called the False Turkey Tail since it mimics Trametes versicolor. Extract from Wikipedia article. Stereum hirsutum False Turkey Tail this fungi has a yellow rim and a yellow underside with a smooth spore-bearing surface rather than pores. The closest look alike are types of crust fungus namely Stereum ostrae. The scientific name for false turkey mushroom is Ster