Trametes pubescens is a small, thin species of polypore, or bracket fungus.

Unlike most other turkey tail-like species of Trametes, the cap surface lacks strongly contrasting zones of color.

Trametes pubescens is an annual, saprobic fungus, a decomposer of the deadwood of hardwoods, growing in clusters on logs, stumps and downed branches.

[2] The genome of T. pubescens has been published in 2017 by Zoraide Granchi and coworkers from the OPTIBIOCAT project.

The consortium estimates that there are 14,451 different genes, which is quite average among saprobic wood-rotting species.