Turkey Tail Mushrooms: A Common Mushroom with Surprising Benefits
Foraging Tips + Recipes
Turkey tail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) are pretty common as mushrooms go. They can be found throughout the world and are easily identifiable, but aren’t exactly edible--at least in the classic sense.
These aren’t the mushrooms you take home to cook up for your pasta. So they don’t often make the foragers’ favorites list.
Nevertheless, these mushrooms have some pretty powerful benefits. And recent studies have proven what traditional healers have known all along--that turkey tail mushrooms are highly medicinal.
All it takes to reap those benefits are a few key identification skills and a recipe or two and you’re good to go!
So, I’ve laid out 5 easy ways to identify turkey tail mushrooms + tips & recipes on how to reap the all the medicinal benefits that turkey tails have to offer.