Trametes multi-colored (Trametes versicolor) photo and description

Multi-colored trametes (Trametes versicolor)

• Coriolus multi-colored;
• Coriolus multicolor;
• The tinder fungus is multi-colored;
• The tinder fungus is motley;
• Tail of a turkey;
• cuckoo tail;
• Pied;
• Yun-ji;
• Yun-chih;
• Kawaratake;
• Boletus atrophuscus;
• Cup-shaped cells;
• Polyporus caesioglaucus;
• Polystictus azureus;
• Polystictus neaniscus.

Multi-colored trametes (Trametes versicolor) is a fungus from the Polypore family.

Widespread mushroom trametes multi-colored belongs to the category of tinder fungus.

The fruit body of the variegated trametes is perennial, characterized by a width of 3 to 5 cm and a length of 5 to 8 cm. It has a fan-shaped, semicircular shape, which can only occasionally be rosette-shaped in the end part of the trunk. This type of fungus is sessile, grows sideways to the wood. Often the fruiting bodies of the multi-colored trametes grow together with each other at the bases. The very base of the mushrooms is often narrowed, to the touch – silky, velvety, in structure – very thin. The surface of the fruiting body of a multi-colored tinder fungus is completely covered with thin winding areas that have different shades. They are replaced by fleecy and bare areas. The color of these areas is variable, it can be gray-yellow, ocher-yellow, bluish-brown, brownish. The edges of the cap are lighter from the middle. The base of the fruiting body often has a greenish tint. When dried, the pulp of the fungus becomes almost white, without any shades.

The mushroom cap is characterized by a semicircular shape, with a diameter of no more than 10 cm. The mushroom grows mainly in groups. A characteristic feature of the species is the multicolored fruiting bodies. In the upper part of the fruit body of the described species there are multi-colored areas of white, blue, gray, velvety, black, silvery colors. The surface of the mushroom is often silky to the touch and shiny.

The flesh of a multi-colored tinder fungus is light, thin and leathery. Sometimes it can have a white or brownish color. Her smell is pleasant, the spore powder of the fungus is white, and the hymenophore is tubular, finely porous, contains pores of irregular, unequal sizes. The color of the hymenophore is light, slightly yellowish, in mature fruiting bodies it becomes brownish, has narrow edges, and occasionally may cast red.

The active growth of the variegated tinder fungus falls on the period from the second half of June to the end of October. The fungus of this species prefers to settle on woodpile, old wood, rotten stumps left over from deciduous trees (oaks, birches). Occasionally, a multi-colored tinder fungus is found on the trunks and remains of coniferous trees. You can see it often, but mostly in small groups. Alone, it does not grow. Reproduction of varicolored trametes occurs quickly, and often leads to the formation of heart rot on healthy trees.

Inedible.

The multi-colored, shiny and velvety surface of the fruiting body distinguishes the variegated tinder fungus from all other types of mushrooms. It is almost impossible to confuse this species with any other, because it gives out a bright color.

Multi-colored trametes (Trametes versicolor) is a mushroom that is widely distributed in many forests on the planet. The variegated appearance of the fruit body is very similar to a turkey or peacock tail. A large number of surface shades makes the variegated tinder fungus a recognizable and clearly distinguishable mushroom. Despite such a bright appearance on the territory of Our Country, this type of trametes is practically not known. Only in some parts of the country is little mention that this mushroom has healing properties. From it you can make a medicine for the prevention of cancer of the liver and stomach, effective treatment of ascites (dropsy) by boiling a multi-colored tinder fungus in a water bath. With cancerous ulcers, an ointment made on the basis of badger fat and dried Trametes mushroom powder helps well.

In Japan, the medicinal qualities of the multi-colored tinder fungus are well known. Infusions and ointments based on this fungus are used to treat various degrees of oncology. Interestingly, mushroom therapy in this country is prescribed in a complex way in medical institutions, before irradiation and after chemotherapy. Actually, the use of fungotherapy in Japan is considered a mandatory procedure for all cancer patients.

In China, variegated trametes is considered an excellent general tonic to prevent malfunctions in the immune system. Also, preparations based on this fungus are considered an excellent tool for the treatment of liver diseases, including chronic hepatitis.

A special polysaccharide called coriolanus was isolated from the fruiting bodies of the varicolored trametes. It is he who actively affects the tumor (cancer) cells and contributes to an increase in cellular immunity.