Turkey tail is thin and leathery, so it is dried and extracted rather than cooked. We supply whole dried brackets priced per kg online, and powder and extracts quoted to your beta-glucan specification.
Wild-collected and cultivated sources are both available; please say which your label requires.
Scientific profile
Scientific name
Trametes versicolor(L.) Lloyd
Family
Polyporaceae
Order
Polyporales
Common names
Turkey tail, yun zhi, kawaratake
Ecology & habitat
Thin, leathery brackets on dead hardwood logs and stumps worldwide. One of the most common wood-decay fungi.
Appearance & flavour
Banded caps in browns, greys and blues, like a turkey's tail. Too tough to eat; used in teas, powders and extracts.
Notable compounds
Protein-bound polysaccharides PSK (krestin) and PSP, studied in Japan and China; beta-glucans.
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