Image of Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889

Description:

Slo.: debela poloenka - syn. Ganoderma adspersum, Ganoderma europaeum - Habitat: Woodside, mixed wood, predominantly broadleaved deciduous trees, steep south oriented slope, on the border between flysh and limestone rock, half sunny, warm place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 625 m (2.050 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Heavily rotten stump of a large Quercus sp. tree. - Comments: Growing solitary, approximate pileus dimensions: length 15 cm, width 8 cm, thickness 5 cm, smell pleasant mushroomy, flesh corky yet still dump, upper cortex thickness 1 - 1.5 mm, SP faint of unrecognizable color, bruising chocolate brown. Spores with two walls, smooth. Dimensions 10.3 (SD = 0.6) x 6.5 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 1.6 (SD = 0.12), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 232. (2) http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=314302 . (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrzzembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 419. (4) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 306. (5) http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5940~source~gallerychooserresult.asp .