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Slo.: ovratnika zvezdica - Habitat: Mixed forest with some ground herbs, in shade, northeast oriented mountain slope, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 430 m (1.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: forest ground covered by leaf litter and rotting branches.
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Slo.: dolgospora griva (?) - Habitat: light mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant, locally under canopies of dense stand of young Picea abies; in shade, no ground vegetations; moderately incline mountain slope, northwest aspect; calcareous ground; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevation 935 m (3.070 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil covered by a layer of fallen off needles of Picea abies.Comments: Ramaria longispora was originally described as a fungus of the Pacific Northwestern United States in 1973. For decades it hasn't been recorded in Europe. However, Christan (2008) (Ref.2.) described it as present also in Europe in 2008. Also Hagar (2015) (Ref.:3.) is mentioning finds in Europe. Recently done mycological survey of the region of Triglav National Park, Slovenia revealed several finds in east Julian Alps (Ref.:4.). It has been found in four UTM sub-squares of this region so far.The traits of this find fit well to literature. This species is macroscopically easy to confuse with small fruit bodies of Ramaria largentii. But Ramaria largentii has clamped basidia and hypha and somewhat smaller spores. I was unable to find clamps. Spore and basidia dimensions fit very well to literature, as well as relatively long sterigmata (average 8 microns). Also a few exceptionally long and deformed spores, which are characteristically produced by Ramaria longispora (Ref.:2) have been observed. One is shown on Picture 1M (arrow).Growing solitary; fruit body dimensions: 6 cm tall and 3.5 cm wide; stipe solid, not branched up to 2.5 cm height and about 2 cm in diameter; smell mild, pleasant, fresh, on fruits (?); taste mild pleasant, mushroomy, not bitter; SP faint, pale ocher-yellow, oac806 (?), color uncertain.Spores warty. Dimensions: 11,9 [13,5 ; 14,2] 15,8 x 4,1 [4,6 ; 4,8] 5,3 microns; Q = 2,4 [2,8 ; 3] 3,5; N = 36; C = 95%; Me = 13,8 x 4,7 microns ; Qe = 2,9. Asci dimensions: 55,6 [66 ; 71,1] 81,5 x 7,3 [9,4 ; 10,4] 12,5 microns; Q = 4,9 [6,6 ; 7,4] 9,1; N = 26; C = 95%; Me = 68,6 x 9,9 microns; Qe = 7. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (asci, hypha), in water, fresh material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R.L. Exeter, L. Norvell, E. Cazares, Ramaria of the Pacific Northwestern United States, Salem (1973), p 128. (2) J. Christan, Die Gattung Ramaria in Deutschland, IHW-Verlag (2008), p 218. (3) L. Hagar, Ottova Encyklopedia Hb, Ottova Nakladatelstvi, Praha (2015) (in Slovakian), p 484.(4) Boletus Informaticus: http://www.zdravgozd.si/bi_karta_sre.aspx?idorg=c8d733cc-0ff7-49b7-8b4c-f23687ade492
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Slo.: resasta zvezdica - Habitat: Northwest oriented steep mountain slope, mixed wood, predominantly Picea abies, found under Picea abies, calcareous ground, quite humid and shady place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 3-5 deg C, elevation 1.150 m (3.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: Growing in a small group of a few fruitbodies. - Spores warty, globose. Dimensions: 3.3 (SD = 0.2) x 3.2 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 1.05 (SD = 0.04), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 438. 3-3,5 (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 302. 3-4 (3) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 334. 2,9-3,5 (4) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 2, Ulmer (2000), p 109. 2,5-3,5
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Slo.: etverokraka zvezdica - Geastrum coronatum Scopoli - Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant, moderately steep, southeast oriented mountain slope, calcareous skeletal ground covered by leaf and needles litter without ground vegetation, under Picea abies, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 950 m (3.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: on moss covering a small Picea abies stump in the last disintegration stage, decomposed to almost soil. - Comments: Genus Geastrum contains very attractive fungi, which almost all are rather uncommon, if not rare. Globose or onion shaped fruit bodies of many start to develop underground. The 'shell' of their fruit bodies consists of four distinct layers (with some exceptions). The outer three form so called exoperidium and the inner one is endoperidium, a 'sack', which contains spores. Exoperidium's outer layer consists of mycelium, the middle layer consists of fibers and the inner one is so called pseudoparenchymal layer. During growth the last one swells and breaks the exoperidium into star like shaped lappets, which curl backward and in this way push the fruit body out of the ground. In some species, like with Geastrum quadrifidum, the outer mycelial layer does not split together with other two layers of the exoperidium but falls off and forms a kind of 'bird's nest' in ground on top of which the fruit body sits. This white mycelial 'nest' can be seen on Fig. 3. The fruit body, when mature, cuts itself almost completely off the mycelium and stands free, like on legs made of exoperidium flaps. Only the far ends of the laps stay in connection with the 'nest'. In this way endoperidium with its 'chimney' (peristom) on top, through which clouds of spores rise like a 'smoke', is positioned as high as possible to facilitate spore spreading by the wind. - Geastrum quadrifidum is among the smallest species of about 50 of them worldwide (and ten of them described in Slovenian checklist (Ref.7)). It is a rare find. As its species name suggests it usually has four exoperidium 'legs'. However, sometimes, as in my find, it has five of them. - Growing solitary; exoperidium diameter 20 mm, endoperidium diameter 8 mm, its height (without the peristom 'beak') 7 mm; SP and spores on mass dark brown; smell none; taste not tested (too small). Spores coarsely warty. Dimensions excluding warts: 4.4 [5 ; 5.2] 5.7 x 4.1 [4.5 ; 4.7] 5.2 microns; Q = 1 [1.1] 1.2; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 5.1 x 4.6 microns; Qe = 1.1; number of warts per circumference: AVG = 12.1, SD = 1.2, N = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF - Ref.: (1) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p 116. (2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 440. (3) W. Rothmaler, Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Vol.1, Niedere Pflanzen, Elsevier, 3.Auflage, (1994), p 519. (4) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 302.(5) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia(1986), p 382.(6) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 334. (7) A. Poler, ed., Seznam gliv Slovenije (in Slovene), 2nd Ed., Assoc. of Mycol. Soc. of Slovenia (1998), p 29.
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Slo.: prisekani kijec - Habitat: Young open mixed wood, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica, mossy ground, quite moist and shaded, no sun during winter months, nearly flat calcareous terrain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 830 m (2.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: mossy ground. - Comments: Spore print faint, color hard to decide: white-light gray (?). Spore dimensions: 10,6 (SD=0.9) x 5.6 (SD=0.5) micr., n=30. Motic B1-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 308. D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 634.
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Slo.: opiasta griva - Habitat: Humid place in shade; mixed wood side; on an old compost heap made of plant and wood debris, kitchen waste and a lot of ashes and charcoal from a wood stove; almost flat terrain, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 600 m (1.950 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: compost hip. - Comments: Possibly Ramaria flaccida? Growing in a fairly large group, many fruitbodies, sporocarps 4-5 cm high (1.5 to 2 inches), SP ocher-brown, flesh not bruising green (as for R. flaccida), huge firm white mycelium. Spores almost smooth, dimensions: 7.1 (SD = 0.5) x 3.8 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 1.87 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr. Anton Poler. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 648. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 308. (4) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1035. (5) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 141. (6) http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=356845 (for R. flaccida).
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Slo.: janeeva griva - syn.: Ramaria palmata (Pers.) Quelet - Habitat: conifer wood, river bank, in transition slope between two alluvial terraces, calcareous ground, overgrown river deposits, sand and gravel, in shade, humid place, under Picea abies, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 560 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: among mosses on organic litter on soil. - Comments: Proper determination of Ramaria species is almost always above my capabilities. They are very variable and never quite the same. There are many of them and they change their habitus and colors during life cycle very much. In 'traditional', non-specialized literature, they are regularly treated only briefly. Too 'hot terrain' for non-professionals! So, for an amateur there are usually only small chances for a reliable determination. - Surprisingly, with this find the key published in Ref.: 2. led me directly to Ramaria gracilis with no ambiguities. The key features are small size, very delicate fruit bodies, white color and characteristic fragrant smell. Other traits, as well as habitat, fit well too. - Ramaria gracilis seems to be quite a rare find in Slovenia. Only a few records are in the Slovenian 'Boletus Informaticus myco-data base. Literature states the same for other European countries. The species was extinct from Netherlands already in 1900 (Ref.:2). - Growing in rows of more than 10 sporocarps; sporocarps up to 6 cm tall and 3.5-4.5 cm wide; stipe up to 7 mm thick; smell pleasant, on sweets, cakes, anise; taste mild, pleasant, mushroomy; SP abundant, yellowish with slight green tin (oac5) when fresh and when dry pale ocher, oac813; fresh sporocarps white, dry sporocarps light ocher, oac855; 5% KOH reaction on trama orange-brown, oac805. - Spores unregularly warty. Dimensions: 5,9 [6,4 ; 6,6] 7,1 x 3,3 [3,5 ; 3,6] 3,9 microns; Q = 1,6 [1,8] 2; N = 45; C = 95%; Me = 6,5 x 3,6 microns. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF. - Ref.: (1) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 464. (2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p 79. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, vol.2.,Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 366. (4) E. Shield, Was ist Ramaria aurea und Ramaria flava, Z. Mykol. Vol. 44, No. 2, (1978), pp 171-178.
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