#144: Stereum ostrea, the False Turkey Tail

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  1. Lee says:

    Great information and very accurate. Most don’t even mention this mushroom. I have used it to get rid of colds. I would not recommend it’s use to those with malabsorption though because it inhibits pancreatic lipase.

  2. Kim says:

    The false Turkey tail has helped me to get over many colds. It’s so common, I love reading that there’s been some proven benefits. It’s all over my yard in the woods.

    • Thomas Roehl says:

      Interesting, I haven’t heard from anyone else who uses S. ostrea medicinally – thanks! One point of clarification: although it does produce antimicrobial compounds, there have been no “proven” health benefits from using S. ostrea (the specific antimicrobials might break down in the stomach, for example). To prove a health benefit, you need to conduct a double-blind clinical trial in humans, which has not been done for S. ostrea.

  1. November 7, 2016

    […] around through a few different genera and it has some kind of relationship with Stereum ostrea (FFF#144) that has yet to be […]

  2. November 7, 2016

    […] logs.  Not all crust fungi produce fruiting bodies that are flat against the surface.  The fungus Stereum ostrea produces bracket-shaped mushrooms with rings of color that make it look very much like Turkey Tail […]

  3. November 25, 2016

    […] mushroom hunter may get confused by some look-alikes.  Both Stereum ostrea (the False Turkey Tail FFF#144) and Lenzites betulina (the Gilled Polypore, FFF#168) grow as bracket fungi on wood and produce […]

  4. August 31, 2018

    […] crust fungi, such as those in the genus Stereum (such as the False Turkey Tail, Stereum ostrea, FFF#144). All these fungi belong to the same order as the genus Russula (see FFF#175), a prolific genus of […]

  5. February 23, 2019

    […] fungi in my area – I always find it on forays – and it might be as common as Stereum ostrea (FFF#144).  This is surprising, since it was first spotted in the United States only ten years ago.  The […]

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