not turkey tail, Trametes species. This is a Ganoderma species
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Would love to understand how you knew the difference ?
#tunestr
Both are shelf fungus and "grow" similarly, but coloration is different. The turkey tail does look like the fanned tail of a turkey. Google both & compare, you'll see the difference.
Ganoderma are thick.
Trametes, not so much.
I wonder if they have similar powers?
that I'd have to Google, i believe both are used medicinally though, but please don't take advice from the interwebs.
I’m not sure I’m up to trusting google honestly! But I know the “shelf fungus” that grows among us, lol, in my area starts out really colorful and ends up with more brown hues and tints with defined wavy thin lines separating the colors.
I will have to dig some photos out I have and share ,
mushrooms are the most underconsumed healthy product on this planet IMO.
#grownstr
if you Google each of them you'll see the difference, you can trust it for that but before ingesting anything, I would want to make good and sure about it.
like testing the spore prints?
not with these. that works with mushrooms that have the cap. color changes when bruised can help with ID as well.
#warning (do not eat wild mushrooms without educating yourself on the risks first, it can and will kill you)
The red polka dotted ones in MD had smurfs running around , but
the red dotted polkas around here may take you to your maker. I have been doing spore prints for decades and I’m still alive . Though I did almost die from a fungus infection , but not from ingestion.
Paul Stamets is a great place to start...
What did you think?