Trametes Hirsuta
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''Trametes hirsuta'', commonly known as hairy turkey tail or hairy bracket, is a species of fungus.


Description

The cap is up to wide, exceptionally 30 cm. It is whitish gray, with short hairs and subtle zoning, sometimes tomentose and yellowish or darker near the margin. The flesh is tough, up to thick, with a soft gray upper layer and a whitish lower layer separated by a black plane. It is too tough for consumption.


Similar species

Similar species include '' T. pubescens'', which is unzoned, buff in colour, and without layered flesh. ''T. versicolor'' is more distinctively zoned. '' T. occidentalis'' appears to be closely related.


Ecology

A
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, it is found on dead wood of
deciduous In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed Leaf, leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...
trees, especially beechwood. It is found all year round and persists due to its leathery nature.Phillips, Roger (2006), Mushrooms. Pub. McMilan, . P. 317.


Biotechnology

Lyophilized cell cultures of ''Trametes hirsuta'' yield
aldehydes In organic chemistry, an aldehyde () (lat. ''al''cohol ''dehyd''rogenatum, dehydrogenated alcohol) is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure . The functional group itself (without the "R" side chain) can be referred ...
from
alkenes In organic chemistry, an alkene, or olefin, is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond. The double bond may be internal or at the terminal position. Terminal alkenes are also known as Alpha-olefin, α-olefins. The Internationa ...
, representing a biotransformation alternative to
ozonolysis In organic chemistry, ozonolysis is an organic reaction where the Saturated and unsaturated compounds, unsaturated bonds are Bond cleavage, cleaved with ozone (). Multiple carbon–carbon bond are replaced by carbonyl () groups, such as aldehydes ...
.


See also

* List of ''Trametes'' species


References


External links

* Fungi described in 1791 Fungal tree pathogens and diseases Polyporaceae Fungi of Europe Taxa named by Franz Xaver von Wulfen Fungus species {{fungus-tree-disease-stub