Jerzy Opioła · CC BY-SA 3.0
Turkey tail
Fungi·Trametes versicolor
Shade
Sun
High
Water
Well-drained soil
Drainage
Not recorded
Hardiness
Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) is a fungus. It grows best in shade and has high water needs.
Through the year
FruitingLeafing outDormant
Works well with
from wiki dataNo companions recorded.
WHAT IT NEEDS
Shade tolerant
Needs a lot of water
Needs well-drained soil
Prefers soil pH 4.5–7
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Prefers loam, clay, silt soil
Tolerates some soil compaction
Draws up nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium from deep in the soil
Adds a lot of organic matter to the soil
WHAT IT GIVES
Gives organic matter
Gives spores
Provides nitrogen
Provides phosphorus
Provides potassium
HOW IT GROWS
SIZE & SPACING
Fungi
Height1–5 cm
Spacing10 cm (min 5 cm)
Root depthShallow
Width5–15 cm
Width figures are rough estimates, the most variable measurement in our data.
AI estimate · accuracy improves as growers contribute corrections.
HOW TO PROPAGATE
Propagate by spore print, log inoculation
Difficulty
Establishes in about 1 yr
Where this comes from
Parsed11 Sept 2026
ConfidenceNot recorded
Photograph Jerzy Opioła · CC BY-SA 3.0