Lenzites betulina_15

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Lenzites betulina, syn. Trametes betulina Multicolor gill polypore, Birken-BlaettlingSlo.: brezova lenzovkaDat.: Jan. 05. 2012Lat.: 46.34443 Long.: 13.56226Code: Bot_587/2012_IMG8296 Habitat: South inclined mountain slope, mostly broadleaf forest with individual Picea abies, calcareous ground, quite humid and warm place, partly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 495 m (1.600 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, near the trail from Mala vas to Ravni laz place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Substratum: Dead, thick, broken-off branch of Corylus avellana, hanging, not on ground.Comments: Growing in a group of many basidiocarps, pileus diameter up to 13 cm (5 inch), sterile surface of caps velutinate, indistinctively zonate, whitish with pale ochre bands (oac893), pore surface whitish-beige (oac807), tube layer concolorous with pore surface, context white (oac900); smell distinctive mushroomy, pleasant; SP white. Spores smooth, cylindrical, some slightly allantoid. Dimensions: 5.7 (SD = 0.4) x 2.6 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 2.24 (SD = 0.19), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Congo red. Ref.: (1) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 314. (2) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 542. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 318. (4) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 312.