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Trametes ochracea (Pers.) Gilb. & Ryvarden · Polyporaceae
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Trametes ochracea is a thin bracket fungus with ochre zones and no silky gloss. It grows on dead deciduous wood and is inedible.
It is tough and inedible and has ochre zones without a gloss.
It has no striking smell, and its spore print is white. Its cap is colourfully zoned and silky-glossy, whereas Trametes ochracea lacks the silky, glossy zones, and its point of attachment is distinctly thicker.
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Its cap is grey and coarsely bristly-haired.
View on the map| Trametes ochracea | Turkey tail | Hairy bracket | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap | caps 3 to 10 cm wide, thin | 3 to 8 cm, thin, colourfully zoned, velvety | 3 to 8 cm, thin, grey, coarsely bristly-haired |
| Underside | pores whitish, fine | pores whitish to cream, very fine | pores whitish to grey, round |
| Stem | no stem, thick point of attachment to the wood | absent, attached in overlapping tiers to the wood | absent, attached at the side to the wood |
| Flesh | tough, whitish | thin, tough, white | white, tough, thin |
| Edibility | Inedible | inedible | inedible |
Stumps and fallen trunks. From the lowlands up to the hills and mountains.
Dead deciduous wood, often beech and oak.
possible good main season
All year round on dead wood.
There are no records per region for this species yet. The country pages lead to all regions with a daily forecast.
Poison centre:
Emergency: 112 · 999
Poison centre:
Emergency: 112
Mushroom advice: DGfM: find a mushroom expert. Certified mushroom experts of the German Mycological Society (DGfM).
Collecting rules: Mushrooms that are not specially protected may be collected in small quantities for personal use unless a protected area or ban applies. Certain specially protected edible species (e.g. cep, chanterelle, birch bolete) may be collected in small quantities for personal use.
Poison centre:
Emergency: 112 · 144
Mushroom advice: Austrian Mycological Society (ÖMG): mushroom advice. Mushroom advice by the Austrian Mycological Society or regional services such as municipal market offices.
Collecting rules: At most 2 kg of mushrooms per person per day unless the forest owner has prohibited collecting; organised collecting events are prohibited. Additional state rules apply (collecting hours, closed seasons), e.g. Carinthia, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Salzburg.
Tough and leathery.
The point of attachment is often thicker than in the turkey tail.
No, Trametes ochracea is not edible. It is tough and has ochre zones without a gloss.
Trametes ochracea can be found all year round on dead deciduous wood, often on beech and oak, on stumps and fallen trunks.
You can confuse it with the turkey tail and the hairy bracket. The turkey tail has no striking smell and a white spore print, and its cap is colourfully zoned and silky-glossy, whereas Trametes ochracea lacks these silky, glossy zones, and its point of attachment is distinctly thicker. The cap of the hairy bracket is grey and coarsely bristly-haired.
The spore print is white. The caps are 3 to 10 cm wide, thin, concentrically zoned ochre to brown, dull without a silky gloss.
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