Yun Zhi (Cloud Mushroom)(Sessile and laterally attached, imbricate, forming a rosette shape. The cap is semicircular to shell-shaped.)
【Naming】
【Frequency of Use】
F
【Origin】
It is the fruiting body of the polypore fungus Trametes versicolor (L.) Fr. [syn. Corioous versicolor (L.ex Fr.) Qudl.].
【Characteristics】
Leathery to semi-fibrous, sessile and laterally attached, often imbricate, often connected left and right, or often forming a rosette shape. The cap is semicircular to shell-shaped, (1-6)cm ×(1-10)cm, 1-3mm thick; the cap surface is white when young, gradually turns dark, with dense fine hairs of varying lengths, in various colors such as gray, white, brown, blue, purple, and black, forming cloud-like concentric rings; the cap margin is thin and sharp, wavy, complete, and light-colored. The pore surface is initially white, gradually turning yellowish-brown, reddish-brown to light grayish-black; the pores are round to polygonal, 3-5 per 1mm, cracked in the later stage, the hyphal layer is single, white, 1-2mm long. The flesh is white, fibrous, and fibrous to nearly leathery when dry.
【Category】
Fungi and Algae