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Brackets & crusts

False Turkey-tail

Stereum ostrea

Also known as Golden Curtain Crust.

False Turkey-tailIan Dodd / CC BY-SA 3.0

About this fungus

False Turkey-tail is listed in the Shroomify field guide as a brackets & crusts fungus in the Stereaceae family. Grows on hardwood trees particularly oak

A note on identification
This profile is a guide rather than a guarantee. If you are considering eating a wild mushroom, check the whole specimen and its possible lookalikes carefully. Do not eat it if you are unsure of the identification.

Photographs

Another view of False Turkey-tailwalt sturgeon / CC BY-SA 3.0

Further reading

Wikipedia · MushroomExpert.com

The Shroomify Research Project

What the records suggest about False Turkey-tail

The project has analysed over a million matched fungal events alongside weather and habitat data. These findings describe patterns in the study, not conditions that every fruitbody must follow.

Weather or season?

Recent weather added a smaller but repeatable signal after the normal seasonal pattern had been allowed for.

Weather response

When does this mushroom tend to appear?

The middle line means there was no difference between this species and other fungi recorded in the same area and part of the season. Warmer and cooler always mean warmer or cooler than normal for that place and time of year, not absolute temperature.

Increase linked with more recordsDecrease linked with more recordsNo clear linkThin line shows uncertainty

Soil moisture

Drier than normal soil 4 to 7 days beforehand was linked with more records.

Wetter than normalNo changeDrier than normalDrier than normal soil 0 to 3 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Drier than normal soil 4 to 7 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Soil moisture 8 to 14 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Soil moisture 15 to 21 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Soil moisture 22 to 30 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Soil moisture 31 to 60 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.0-34-78-1415-2122-3031-60Days before the record

Each point is a separate matched comparison for that weather measure and time window. Clear results must have a meaningful effect, adequate geographic coverage and the same direction in odd and even years. These are associations in field records, not rules or forecasts.

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