Turkey Tail
Trametes Versicolor
Physical Characteristics
The turkey tail obviously looks like a turkey tail by its name. Very colorful and wavy. The turkey tail is actually a mushroom. They are 2-8 centimeters wide.1-4 centimeters deep. And 1-2 millimeters thick. It has more colors than a real turkey tail does. They can come in brown, white, orange, red, blue, pink, purple, grey, black, and yellow. They sort of look like seashells.
Edibility
Yes, the turkey tail is edible. The turkey tail can help a lot with your health. And, they say if you eat it, you can have a longer lasting lifetime.
Habitat
The turkey tail habitat is throughout Canada and the U.S and countries worldwide. They grow on dead deciduous wood in the wounds of living hard wood trees and on trees that have needle like or scale like leaves.
Deciduous: Trees or shrubs that shed their leaves once a year.
Medicinal Uses
The turkey tail is used for medicine. The turkey tail helps, common cold, breast, cancer, chemotherapy patients, and other things.
Chemotherapy: The treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by drugs.
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Interesting Facts
Did you know that the turkey tail is actually a fungus. They have been brewed for thousands of years by Chinese people as medical teas.
The turkey tail is researched to be one of the best medical mushrooms.
Website
www.mushroomexpert.com/trametes_versicolor.html
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https://draxe.com/turkey-tailmushroom/
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www.ediblewildfood.com/turkey-tail.aspx
