Trametes hirsuta, commonly known as hairy bracket or hairy turkey tail,[1] is a fungal plant pathogen. It is found on dead wood of deciduous trees, especially beechwood. It is found all year round and persists due to its leathery nature.[2]

Trametes hirsuta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Trametes
Species:
T. hirsuta
Binomial name
Trametes hirsuta
(Wulfen) Lloyd (1924)
Synonyms

Boletus hirsutus Wulfen (1791)
Boletus nigromarginatus Schwein. (1822)
Boletus velutinus J.J.Planer (1788)
Coriolus hirsutus (Wulfen) Pat. (1897)
Coriolus nigromarginatus (Schwein.) Murrill (1905)
Coriolus vellereus (Berk.) Pat. (1921)
Coriolus velutinus P.Karst. (1906)
Daedalea polyzona sensu auct. (2005)
Fomes gourliei (Berk.) Cooke, (1885)
Hansenia hirsuta (Wulfen) P.Karst. (1880)
Hansenia vellerea (Berk.) P.Karst. (1880)
Microporus galbanatus (Berk.) Kuntze (1898)
Microporus hirsutus (Wulfen) Kuntze (1898)
Microporus nigromarginatus (Schwein.) Kuntze, (1898)
Microporus vellereus (Berk.) Kuntze (1898)
Polyporus cinerescens Lév. (1844)
Polyporus cinereus Lév. (1846)
Polyporus fagicola Velen. (1922)
Polyporus galbanatus Berk. (1843)
Polyporus gourliei Berk. (1860)
Polyporus hirsutus (Wulfen) Fr. (1821)
Polyporus vellereus Berk. (1842)
Polystictoides hirsutus (Wulfen) Lázaro Ibiza (1916)
Polystictus cinerescens (Lév.) Sacc. (1888)
Polystictus galbanatus (Berk.) Cooke (1886)
Polystictus hirsutus (Wulfen) Fr. (1821)
Polystictus nigromarginatus (Schwein.) P.W.Graff (1921)
Polystictus vellereus (Berk.) Fr. (1851)
Scindalma gourliei (Berk.) Kuntze (1898)
Trametes porioides Lázaro Ibiza (1917)

The cap is whitish gray, with short hairs, sometimes yellowish and tomentose at the edge, and with subtle zoning. The flesh is tough with a soft gray upper layer and a whitish lower layer, separated by a black plane.[3]

Similar species include T. pubescens, which is unzoned, buff in colour, and without layered flesh. T. versicolor is more distinctively zoned.[3]

Biotechnology

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Lyophilized cell cultures of Trametes hirsuta yield aldehydes from alkenes, representing a biotransformation alternative to ozonolysis.[4]

See also

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References

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Trametes hirsuta
 Pores on hymenium
 No distinct cap
 Hymenium attachment is not applicable
 Lacks a stipe
 Edibility is inedible
  1. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  2. ^ Phillips, Roger (2006), Mushrooms. Pub. McMilan, ISBN 0-330-44237-6. P. 317.
  3. ^ a b Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  4. ^ Sutton, Peter; Whittall, John (2012). Practical Methods for Biocatalysis and Biotransformations 2. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 200–202. ISBN 9781119991397.