Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Polyporaceae
Species: Trametes versicolor (L.) Pilát
Synonyms: Agaricus versicolor
Boletus versicolor
Coriolus versicolor
Coriolus versicolor f. azureus
Polyporus versicolor
Polystictus versicolor
Polystictus versicolor var. nigricans
Poria versicolor
Common Name: Turkeytail
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Alnus incana (1)
Alnus viridis (1)
Ash (1)
Beech (1)
Betula (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Picea abies (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Quercus (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Salix (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Salix cinerea (1)
Salix fragilis (1)
Taxus baccata (1)
Ulex europaeus (1)
Ulmus glabra (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (41)
Woodland: mixed (23)
Woodland: broadleaved (16)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (11)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (11)
Parkland and scattered trees (9)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (8)
Woodland (6)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (6)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (5)
Built up area, domestic (5)
Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (4)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (4)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3)
Scrub (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Woodland: plantation (3)
Boundaries: hedge with trees (2)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (2)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Other habitat (2)
Rowan-birch woods (2)
Scrub: scattered (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Boundaries, permanently wet ditch (1)
Boundaries: intact hedge (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Improved grassland (1)
Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1)
Mire: blanket bog (1)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (1)
Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Bark (1)
Branch (1)
Cut Trunk (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen log (1)
Fallen Tree (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Fallen Wood (1)
Log (1)
Root (1)
Sawn Wood (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Standing Dead Tree (1)
Stump (1)
Tree (1)
Twig (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (20)
February (25)
March (18)
April (19)
May (26)
June (18)
July (34)
August (23)
September (43)
October (82)
November (41)
December (18)