Mushroom descriptions and resources.
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor or Coriolus versicolor)
Turkey tail mushrooms are medicinal mushrooms. You can find them all around the world, mostly in wooded areas since they grow on tree trunks. Research suggests that mushrooms like turkey tails may have many health benefits.
For a deeper look:
For a deeper look at Turkey Tail Mushrooms here are some great links.
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/coriolus-versicolor
Turkey Tail Mushroom, Its Look-Alikes, & Medicinal Benefits with Adam Haritan – YouTube
Turkey Tail Mushroom | Medicine Making, ID, Harvest, and More – YouTube
Reishi Mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum):
For a deeper look:
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/reishi-mushroom
Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma tsugae) Identification And Medicinal Benefits With Adam Haritan – YouTube
Maitake Mushrooms (Grifola frondose)
Maitake mushrooms grow in temperate hardwood forests where they feed upon the dead roots of older trees, in particular oaks but also elms and occasionally maples (Stamets, 2013). They are polypore mushrooms, meaning they have pores or tubes on the underside, as opposed to gills. Maitake grow as masses of small brownish-gray, fan-shaped caps fused onto a single, branching stalk. Hobbs (1998) describes poetically that the “fan-shaped fruiting bodies overlap like butterflies in a wild dance,” also noting that they earned their hen-of-the-woods moniker because they look a chicken with her feathers all fluffed up. Really fluffed up—maitake can easily reach a foot in diameter, and some are 20 pounds or more!
For a deeper look:
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/maitake
Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus)
For a deeper look:
Lion’s Mane Mushroom: What You Should Know – Herbal Academy (theherbalacademy.com)