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amp244
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Am I looking at Turkey Tails (T/C/P. Versicolor)?
#22100689 - 08/16/15 10:28 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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It has that turkey tail look to it, and the pores are pretty small.


Would these be of printing quality? I'd imagine they have been there for a while.
I'm inclined to think that they are indeed Turkey Tails. I hadn't really been interested in these types of fungi until I recently got into tinctures. I can still go through the process of printing and microscopy to be certain, but I just wanted to see if anyone could let me know if its worth my while as they are a bit out of the way.
Thanks,
-amp244
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karode13
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Re: Am I looking at Turkey Tails (T/C/P. Versicolor)? [Re: amp244]
#22101211 - 08/17/15 12:53 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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It does indeed look to be Trametes versicolor, I can't see the pores clear enough to be sure though.
Here's a link where you can take the Turkey Tail test yourself.>>>>http://www.mushroomexpert.com/trametes_versicolor.html
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amp244
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Re: Am I looking at Turkey Tails (T/C/P. Versicolor)? [Re: karode13]
#22101698 - 08/17/15 07:08 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks. I'll go back and bust out the KOH and attempt a spore print to be certain. If all checks out I'm gonna do a double extraction on some of the fresher looking guys.
-------------------- How to Convert a Normal 24-hour Light Timer into a Short Cycle Repeating Timer "Monopoly, besides, is a great enemy to good management, which can never be universally established but in consequence of that free and universal competition which forces everybody to have recourse in it for the sake of self-defense." -Adam Smith
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amp244
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Re: Am I looking at Turkey Tails (T/C/P. Versicolor)? [Re: amp244]
#22110399 - 08/19/15 09:50 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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As it turns out, these were not turkey tails. I went back to the scene and checked them out and I discovered that they weren't pored at all. It was actually just a crust fungi. I appear to have found one of the false turkey tails (Stereum Ostrea) , however my find appears to be a bit more dull in color than the typical specimens found.
A 4% KOH solution stained it a very dark hue of red, almost black. It later became a faded black.
Its too bad, I didn't find turkey tails, I was planning to make a nice tincture with them. Oh well I'm sure I'll come across a bunch sometime soon.
-------------------- How to Convert a Normal 24-hour Light Timer into a Short Cycle Repeating Timer "Monopoly, besides, is a great enemy to good management, which can never be universally established but in consequence of that free and universal competition which forces everybody to have recourse in it for the sake of self-defense." -Adam Smith
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karode13
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Re: Am I looking at Turkey Tails (T/C/P. Versicolor)? [Re: amp244]
#22113425 - 08/19/15 06:27 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Very wise of you to do that test to confirm they weren't Turkey tails.
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amp244
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Re: Am I looking at Turkey Tails (T/C/P. Versicolor)? [Re: karode13]
#22114107 - 08/19/15 08:48 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yes man, I just got some KOH in the mail so I was itching to bust it out lol. The underside and lack of a pore surface pretty much excluded turkey tails but I had to be the mad scientist
-------------------- How to Convert a Normal 24-hour Light Timer into a Short Cycle Repeating Timer "Monopoly, besides, is a great enemy to good management, which can never be universally established but in consequence of that free and universal competition which forces everybody to have recourse in it for the sake of self-defense." -Adam Smith
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