Pleurotus-dryinus_1M

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Pleurotus dryinusBehangener SeitlingSlo.: hrastov ostrigarDat.: Dec. 11. 2011Lat.: 46.32831 Long.: 13.58597Code: Bot_581/2011_IMG8207 Habitat: Predominantly Fagus sylvatica forest with some Picea abies, steep mountain slope oriented north, shallow soil layer over rocks, calcareous ground, fairly cool place with no sun during winter months, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 480 m (1.600 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: Large, standing, alive, but wounded Fagus sylvatica.Place: East Bovec basin, left bank of river Soa, near Girhlca place, below the forest road toward ezsoa village, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Fairly aged fruitbody! Growing solitary out of wounded trunk about 1.5 m (7 feet) above ground. Cap almost glabrous, dimensions: 18 x 20 cm (7 x 8 inch), beige (oac855); stipe with white fibers, 9 cm (3.5 inch) long and 3.8 cm (1.5 inch) in diameter, almost white (oac857); gills beige-light ocher (oac814); mass almost 400 g (moist state), SP white; smell mild, pleasant, mushroomy.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 13.3 (SD = 1.3) x 4.4 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 3.1 (SD = 0.3), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water with Kongo Red. Ref.:(1) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia 3.Auflage, (1994), p 312 (2) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p 24. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 120. (4) www.mushroomexpert.com/pleurotus_dryinus.html .