-Fungi Including Lichens ( Kingdom Fungi)

-Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

-Higher Basidiomycetes (Subphylum Agaricomycotina)

-Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)

-Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

-Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)

-Genus Trametes

Trametes is a genus of fungi in the Polyporaceae family, best known for species with thin, leathery bracket-like fruiting bodies and conspicuous concentric zones of colour. Often brightly zoned in bands of white, brown, gray, blue, or even green (from algal growth). Found on logs, stumps, and fallen branches; sometimes appears in large overlapping clusters.