Trametes villosa
Like the "turkey tail," Trametes versicolor, this little polypore is densely hairy, and feels fuzzy if you rub it with the pad of your thumb. Unlike the true turkey tail, however, Trametes villosa is zoned with shades of gray and buff--and its pore surface is composed of fairly large pores (for a Trametes) which, at 1-3 pores per millimeter, don't require old men in denial about bifocals (let's leave them nameless, shall we?) to peer over their glasses in order to see. By maturity the pores often become angular and irregular, or nearly tooth-like and reminiscent of the "dentate" pores of Trichaptum biforme. The large, angular pores help to separate Trametes villosa from Trametes hirsuta, which is often white and gray but has tiny (3 or more per mm) pores that do not become tooth-like. source
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