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Trametes versicolor (L.) Pilát, Mycol. Notes (Cincinnati) 65: 1045 (1921) [1920]

Boletus versicolor L., Sp. pl. 2: 1176 (1753)
Poria versicolor (L.) Scop., Fl. carniol. Edn 2 (Vienna) 2: 468, 592 (1772)
Agaricus versicolor (L.) Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. (Paris) 1: 50 (1783)
Polyporus fuscatus Fr., Observ. mycol. (Leipzig) 2: 259 (1818)
Polyporus versicolor (L.) Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 2: 260 (1818)
Polystictus versicolor (L.) Cooke, Nova Acta R. Soc. Scient. upsal. Ser. 3 1(1): 86 (1851) [1855]
Polyporus nigricans Lasch, in Rabenhorst, Fungi europ. exsicc. 4: no. 15 (1859)
Polyporus versicolor var. nigricans Fr., Hymenomyc. Eur. (Uppsala): 568 (1874)
Coriolus versicolor (L.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 175 (1886)
Polystictus versicolor var. nigricans (Lasch) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 609 (1922)
Polystictus versicolor var. fuscatus (Fr.) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 609 (1922)

Habitat: Weakly parasitic then saprotrophic. On wood of deciduous trees and shrubs and rarely on conifers such as Picea or Pinus spp. Also known on worked timber.

Notes: Very common and widespread. The basidiomes are variable, especially in the colour and degree of zonation of the pilei, with forms ranging from pale greyish-ochraceous to almost black.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: c

Vouchers: England: K(M) 32420; Scotland: K(M) 24748; Wales: K(M) 83443; NI: K(M) 78787; ROI: K(M) 78786; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 75239

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 235
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 288, pl. 359
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 230
D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Meripilus - Tyromyces, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 2: 388-743 (1994), p. 667

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