Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Polyporaceae
Species: Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd

Synonyms:

Agaricus versicolor Boletus versicolor Coriolus versicolor Coriolus versicolor f. azureus Cwnffon Twrci Polyporus fuscatus Polyporus nigricans Polyporus versicolor Polyporus versicolor var. nigricans Polystictus azureus Polystictus versicolor Polystictus versicolor var. fuscatus Polystictus versicolor var. nigricans Poria versicolor Turkeytail Xerocomus chrysenteron var. versicolor

Common Name:

Turkeytail

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (86) Corylus avellana (29) Alnus glutinosa (24) Quercus petraea (21) Quercus (20) Betula pubescens (18) Fraxinus excelsior (12) Betula (8) Betula pendula (8) Acer pseudoplatanus (7) Salix (7) Crataegus monogyna (5) Pinus sylvestris (4) Quercus robur (4) Ulex europaeus (3) Salix caprea (3) Picea abies (3) Pinus (2) Prunus laurocerasus (2) Acer (2) Salix cinerea (2) Salix fragilis (1) Ulmus glabra (1) Acanthaceae (1) Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (1) Alnus (1) Alnus viridis (1) Taxus baccata (1) Alnus incana (1) Malus domestica (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (46) Woodland and scrub (30) Woodland: mixed (26) Woodland: broadleaved (20) Woodland (18) Parkland and scattered trees (16) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (12) Woodland: mixed, plantation (11) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (10) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (8) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (7) Boundaries: defunct hedge (5) Built up area, domestic (5) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (5) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (4) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (4) Acid grassland: semi-improved (3) Boundaries: hedge with trees (3) Marsh/marshy grassland (3) Scrub (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Woodland: plantation (3) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (2) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2) Other habitat (2) Rowan-birch woods (2) Scrub: scattered (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Bog: raised (1) Boundaries, permanently wet ditch (1) Boundaries: intact hedge (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (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) Sand-dune: dune scrub (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1) Wet dwarf shrub heath (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Dead Wood (93) Wood (73) Stump (50) Log (30) Branch (21) Tree (17) Fallen Tree (15) Dead Branch (9) Fallen Branch (8) Cut Trunk (6) Fallen log (3) Standing Dead Tree (3) Fallen Wood (2) Soil Grassy (2) Burnt wood (1) Fallen Twig (1) Living tree (1) Root (1) Sawn Wood (1) Soil (1) Soil Leaves (1) Stick (1) Trunk, fallen (1) Twig (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (33) February (31) March (23) April (21) May (34) June (20) July (38) August (52) September (71) October (125) November (55) December (19)