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Ramaria neoformosa PetersenSlo.:edna grivaBasidiocarp.Dat.: Oct. 02. 2014Lat.: 46.32933 Long.: 13.68583Code: Bot_843/2014_IMG7185Habitat: northeast inclined mountain slope, mixed wood, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant trees; calcareous ground, in shade, relatively cold and humid place near a small stream, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 725 m (2.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: leaf litter and soil under Fagus sylvatica.Place: Lower Trenta valley, side valley Vrsnik, next to the trail to abandoned r settlement, northeast slopes of Mt. rnivrh, 1.544 m (5.064 feet), East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Determination of vividly colored (yellow-orange-reddish-pinkish) Ramarias to species level is a hard nut. Microscopy is almost a must. The fungi photographed in this observation have simple septa without clamps. I spent quite some time trying to find clamps in the subhymenium of the branches as well as in the trunk. Only two or three features resembling clamps have been found while vast majority of septa of thin as well as of thick hypha have simple septa. This rules out Ramaria flavescens although other morphological traits, habitat and most of the studied microscopic properties fit well to the find. Similar situation can be assumed for Ramaria formosa and Ramaria lutea, which both have clamps. Ramaria subbotrytis doesn't have clamps but can be ruled out based on spore and basidia dimensions, which clearly don't fit to measured values. The best candidate seems to be Ramaria neoformosa. All studied macro- and micro traits fit quite well to the find. Only slightly too long spores are to some extent disturbing. Since I havent found any other better option I am staying with this one. Admittedly I don't have descriptions of all of them. They are many. Krieglsteiner (2000) estimates 80 of them in Europe and about 200 worldwide while Arora (1986) assumes about 100 species for America.So, a mistake cannot be ruled out. Growing in line of about six sporocarps within a range of approximately five by one meters; fruit body dimensions up to 12 cm tall and 12 cm wide, the largest weighting 300 g; stump massive, up to 4.5 cm tall and 5 cm wide, branches toward their ends full and round in cross-section, 1-2(3) mm in diameter; fruit body ochre-orange-pink, oac763 (in sRGB color space R245/G173/B127); stump trama white, marmorated, toward edges of cross-section gradually changing to pinkish-orange; does not discolor with time or when bruised; fibrous when dry, not chalky; 5% KOH reaction on stump trama almost none (slightly darker), on branches not strong but distinctive, reddish-pinkish (pale color of oranges); taste mild, indistinctive, after a while slightly bitter; smell mild, pleasant; SP abundant, yellow-ochre-orange, oac812. Almost all hypha of subhymenium and stump trama have simple septa. Only a few apparently clamps have been observed in subhymenium. Spores warty. Dimensions: 11 [12 ; 12,4] 13,4 x 4,7 [5,2 ; 5,4] 5,9 ; Q = 2 [2,3 ; 2,4] 2,6; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 12,2 x 5,3 ; Qe = 2,3. Basidia narrowly clavate. Dimensions: 54,9 [61,6 ; 66,4] 73,1 x 8,1 [9,7 ; 10,8] 12,4 ; Q = 4,8 [5,9 ; 6,7] 7,8; N = 14; C = 95%; Me = 64 x 10,3 mm; Qe = 6,3. Hypha thickness: 2.5 [5.6 ; 6.6] 9.7 microns; Me = 6.1 microns. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (basidia, hypha), in water.AmScope MA500 digital camera.Note: Spore dimensions in Breitenbach (1986), p362 reported from Schild (1978) and those reported by MycoBank from the same source differ. Also spore dimensions given in the text in Breitenbach (1986), pp 362 and measured from the picture in the same source (p363) differ significantly (?).Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 362.(2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p64 and p82. (3) E. Schild, Was ist Ramaria aurea und Ramaria flava, Z. Mykol., Vol.44(2) (1978), p171 (cited in Breitenbach (1986)). (4) E. Schild, Was ist Ramaria aurea und Ramaria flava? Zeitschrift fr Mykologie, 44(2) (1978):171-178. (cited in MycoBank under description of Ramaria flavescens ) (5)
www.flickriver.com/photos/camptorus/tags/ramarianeoformosa/(6) D. Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 645.
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A clustering species, parasitic on Helvella lacunosa or related species of fungus. Photo from Manning Park, British Columbia.
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2011-07-24 Upper Austria, district Rohrbach (mixed forest, 730 msm Quadrant 7448/2).German name: Schnfussrhrling
See remarks here.
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2007.09.01: Austria, Upper Austria, district Rohrbach, 720 m AMSL, mixed forest (mostly spruce).From june till october.Very common.German names: Bitterling, Gallenrhrling.
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Jimena de la Frontera, Andaluca, Espaa
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Local: Araatuba/SP - BrasilParque da Fazenda do EstadoBioma: Mata AtlnticaAcessrios: Trip + Trilho Foco Macro + Cabo Disparador Remoto
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Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.A leathery, thin-fleshed polypore favoring decaying hardwood; it's relatively easy to identify in the field by the smooth fertile surface, orange-yellow rim of growing fruitbodies, which are usually arranged in numerous shelves; the upper surface is covered with short, bristle-like hairs (hence the Latin epithet).
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Known as one of the Magic Mushrooms for its use as a psychedelic. It ranges through much of the Neotropics and also southeast Asia. Photo from eastern Panama.
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Cortinarius hercynicus (Pers.) Moser, syn.: Cortinarius violaceus ssp. hercynicus (Pers.) Brand., Cortinarius violaceus (L.) GrayViolet Webcap, DE Dunkelvioletter SchleierlingSlo.: vijoliasta koprenka, jelova podvrstaDat.: Oct. 08. 2013Lat.: 46.40353 Long.: 13.70662Code: Bot_758/2013_DSC8445Habitat: overgrown alluvial deposits, a small patch of an open and pure Picea abies forest growing on a long time abandoned alpine pasture, lightly overgrown calcareous ground, flat terrain, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevation 970 m (3.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil among large Picea abies trees.Place: Zadnja Trenta valley, near abandoned Fjori farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: This strikingly beautifully colored mushroom presumably occurs in two forms. Depending on the author they are treated on species, subspecies or variety level or both considered as a single species. The main distinguishing traits would be habitat (broadleaf versus conifers forest) and spore width (C. hercynicus has broader spores). Measured spore width in this observation is somewhere in between both options, slightly inclined toward C. hercynicus. In addition, the mushrooms were growing in a pure Picea abies stand in alpine phytogeographical region, which also speaks in favor of C. hercynicus. Two writings of subspecies name are in use - hercynicus and harcynicus, the second one being correct (Ref.:(1)). Growing in large groups, certainly more than 50 pilei present in a relatively small area around about ten, fifteen large Picea abies trees. Pileus diameter up to 10 cm; taste and smell faint, indistinctive; SP abundant, orange-brown, oac728, 5% KOH reactions on flesh red.Spores fine warty. Dimensions: 11.2 [12.5 ; 13.1] 14.4 x 7.7 [8.3 ; 8.6] 9.2 microns, Q = 1.3 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7 ; N = 27 ; C = 95%, Me = 12.8 x 8.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. 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 LJFRef.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 142.(2) G. J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 5, Ulmer (2003), p 12. (3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 222. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 186. (5) D. Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 446. (6) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 711.
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Havla, Ostergotland, Sweden
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The yellow latex suggests that this is the Gold Drop Milk Cap, likely a species complex of Europe and North America. Photo from Needle Peak, British Columbia.
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Castel Fusano, Lazio, Italy
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Melanoleuca subalpina, (Britz.) Bresinsky & Stangl., Melanoleuca evenosa ss. Konr., Melanoleuca strictipes ss. Khn, Tricholoma cnistass. Bres.EN: ?, DE: ?Slo.: tenkobetna gostolistka (assuming Melanoleuca strictipes and Melanoleuca alpina are synonyms) (Melanoleuca alpina is not listed in SI checklist)Dat.: Aug. 1. 2014Lat.: 46.44223 Long.: 13.63734Code: Bot_820/2014_DSC2416Habitat: east inclined moderately steep alpine grassland, calcareous ground, open place, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature about 0 deg C, elevation 2.030 m (6.600 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Mangart's flats, just below ez jezik pass, east of Mt. Skala, 2.133 m (6.996 feet), East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: At least three names can be found in literature in connection with relatively large, more or less whitish Melanoleuca species growing at alpine elevations - Melanoleuca subalpina, Melanoleuca evenosa and Melanoleuca strictipes. Taxonomy of these taxa seems to me messy; to my knowledge no monograph dedicated to this genus is available. Some authors, including Index Fungorum, consider these names as separate species; some consider them as synonyms (for example Breitenbach (1991)). Ref.: 1. considers Melanoleuca subalpina and Melanoleuca evenosa synonyms and Melanoleuca strictipes a separate species. Ref.:3. considers Melanoleuca evenosa and Melanoleuca strictipes as synonyms. In literature data about spore dimensions also contradicts.The find shown corresponds excellently to the description of Melanoleuca subalpina given in Dhncke (2009), hence I decided for it. Since pilei diameters of this observation in average equal or exceed stipe length this should be Melanoleuca alpina and not Melanoleuca strictipes (ss. Ref.4) (assuming both are separate species). However measured spore dimensions of this find do not fit to data given in Dhncke (2009), but they fit well to Breitenbach (1991) and Bresinsky (1977) and also to other sources (assuming Melanoleuca strictipes and Melanoleuca subalpina are synonyms). More and more I value Arora's advise that '... exact identities of closely related Melanoleuca-s are best left to Melanoleuca-masters'.Growing in a group of about 10 pilei in an area of about 4 x 4 m; pileus diameter 6-8(16) cm, hygrophanous to some extent; stipe shorter or equal to pileus diameter (see Ref.3.); taste mild; smell mild but characteristic, may be slightly on vegetable or turnips?; flesh brittle and watery, fibrous in stipe, SP abundant, beige, oac851.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 8.4 [9 ; 9.3] 9.8 x 4.3 [4.6 ; 4.8] 5.1 microns, Q = 1.8 [1.9 ; 2] 2.1; N = 32; C = 95%; Me = 9.1 x 4.7 microns; Qe = 1.9. 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 LJFRef.:(1) R. M. Dhncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 299. (2) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 252. (3) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 376. (4) A. Bresinsky, J. Stangl, Beitragezur Revision M. Brizelmeyrs: Hymenomyceten aus (5) D. Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 171. (6) G.L. Bue, F. Montacchini, A.Ceruti, Macromycetes of the Alpine Belt: Mycocoenological investigations in the Western Italian Alps by Multivariable Methods, Coenoses (1994) 9(3),
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SU274068 Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hants
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Castel Fusano, Lazio, Italy
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Hygrocybe coccineaRighteous Red Waxy CapSlo.: enjeva vlanicaDat.: Oct. 02. 2010Lat.: 46.03500 Long.: 13.88080Code: Bot_462/2010_IMG2580 Habitat: In grass, unmaintained mountain pasture, flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun,exposed to direct rain, average precipitations 2.000-2.600 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevations 1.050 m (3,450 feet), Dinaric phytogeographical region.Substratum: soilPlace: Vojsko flats, southeast of Smodin farm house, Idrijsko, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary or in small groups, pileus diameter up to 35 mm (1.5 inch), SP white.Spore shape and dimensions: smooth, almond shaped, 7,3 (SD = 0,5) x 4,8 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,57 (SD = 0,09), n = 30. Ref.:(1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 114(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 170(3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 108(4) A. Poler, Veselo po gobe, Mohorjeva druba, Celovec (2002), p 328
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A magic time of year.
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Steccherinum subcrinale (Peck) Ryvarden, Synonymy: Hydnum subcrinale Peck, Irpex subcrinalis (Peck) Saaren. & Kotir., Mycoleptodon kavinae Pilt, Bull. Odontia subcrinalis (Peck) Gilb., Steccherinum kavinae (Pilt) M.P. Christ..(unnamed species of) 'Hedgehog stool', DE: Ockerbrauner Resupinat-Stacheling, Ockerbrauner Resupinatstacheling, Ellipsoidsporiger Schnallenloser ResupinatstachelingSlo.: vrsta bodikaDate: July 27. 2010Lat.: 45.71421 Long.: 14.39441Code: Bot_436/2010_DSC3359Habitat: Old, mixed wood, Picea abies dominant; locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground; in shade, fairly humid place; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations 1.600-1.800 mm/year, average temperature 8-9 deg C, elevation 740 m (2.450 feet), Dinaric phytogeographical region.Substratum: on wood of a tree stump covered by mosses; in the final stage of disintegration; species undetermined but probably Picea abies or Abies alba. Place: North of Cerknica lake; SE of village Laze pri Gornjem jezeru; between hills marni gri, 768 m and Sovinek, 780 m, Notranjska, Slovenia EC. Comments: Steccherinum subcrinale is a loosely attached to its substratum, resupinate, effused teeth fungus. It can be distinguished from other Steccherinum species (in my region Steccherinum ochraceum and Steccherinum fimbriatum) by short, from (0.2)0.3 to 0.5(0.6) mm long cylindrical aculei (spines or teeth). Alternative species have pointed, conical (and mostly larger) 'spines'. The same seems true for similar species of genus Irpex. Steccherinum subcrinale also never forms shelf-like, small pilei but remains strictly resupinate.Steccherinum subcrinale is a rare species everywhere in Europe and denoted 'extremely rare' in Germany (Krieglsteiner 2000), Italy (Bernicchia 2010) and north Europe (Eriksson et al 1984). It is listed neither in Poler ed. 1998 nor in Ogris 2008 for Slovenia. Unfortunately, at the time I photographed this observation I was unaware what it might be and I didn't take samples to do microscopy and make exsiccate. Hence the determination remains uncertain although macroscopic traits from photos seem to fit quite good.Ref.: (1) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 332.(2)
www.123pilze.de/DreamHC/Download/OckerResupinatStacheling... (accessed March 3. 2018) (3) L. Hagar, Ottova Encyklopedia Hb, Ottova Nakladatelstvi, Praha (2015) (in Slovakian), p 289.(4) A. Bernicchia, S.P. Gorjon, Cortitiaceaes .i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 631. (5) (x) A. Poler (ed.), Seznam gliv Slovenije (Checklist of Fungi of Slovenia), 2nd Ed., Assoc. of Mycol. Soc. of Slovenia (1998) (in Slovenian).(6) N. Ogris (ed.), Boletus Informaticus, Slovenian Forestry Institute, 2008
www.zdravgozd.si/bi_index.aspx (accessed March 3. 2018)(7) Eriksson, J.; Hjortstam, K.; Ryvarden, L., The Corticiaceae of North Europe. 7:1282-1449 1984)
www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?TableKey=1468261600000006... (accessed March 4. 2018)
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Mycena rosea, syn.: Mycena pura var. rosea, Schum.Rosy Bonnet, Rosa Rettich-HelmlingSlo.: strupena eladicaDat.: Nov. 14. 2011Lat.: 46.34101 Long.: 13.58301Code: Bot_575/2011_IMG7602 Habitat: Young mixed wood on a long time ago abandoned pasture, predominantly broadleaf trees: Fagus sylvatica, Betula pendula var. pendula, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus, etc., almost flat terrain, shallow moderately acid soil on cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, relatively warm place, partly in shade, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, altitude 540 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: Forest soil under Fagus sylvatica.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. Svinjak, 1.965 m (6.447 feet), above Kal-Koritnica village, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment: Growing in groups, many fruitbodies in the vicinity, pileus diameter up to 6.5 cm (2.5 inch), up to 8 cm (3 inch) tall, smell on radish, SP crme (oac851), cap pink (oac633 to oac611), gills pink (oac619), stipe pink (oac634).Spores smooth. Dimensions: 7.4 (SD = 0.5) x 4.4 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 1.66 (SD = 0.1), n = 30. Ref.:(1) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 368. (2) B. Perreau J, D. Boisselier MC, J. Lambourdiere (1996). Mycena sororia sp nov, close to M. rosea Gramberg (Basidiomycotina), Mycotaxon 60: 26373 (after Wikipedia). (3)
home.online.no/~araronse/Mycenakey/rosea.htm . (4) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p 205. (5) not allowed on Flickr(6) Personal communication, id'ed by Mr. Bojan Rot.
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Skeletocutis amorpha (Fr.) Kotl. & Pouzar, syn.: Polyporus amorphus Fr.?, DE: Orangeporige KnorpelporlingSlo.: brezlina kostenelkaDat.: Sept. 28. 2015Code: Bot_915/2015_DSC9114andDat: Oct. 12 . 2015Code: Bot_919/2015_DSC9383Lat.: 46.36076 Long.: 13.70107Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees, moderately inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; colluvial, calcareous, skeletal ground; relatively dry and warm place; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 625 m (2.050 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: cutoff, partly debarked trunk of Picea abies lying on ground; on bark, on debarked wood and on laterally cut wood.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, between villages Soa and Trenta, wood side on the west side of the 'Na melu' pasture; near cottage Trenta 2b, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Growing on bark, on debarked wood, in between and on laterally cut wood in many fruit bodies, which were in resupinate, effuse-reflexed and pileate form; the resupinate form up to 12 x 6 cm in size, pilei confluent and up to 25 x 6(10) mm large; context duplex with a gelatinous layer above (very thin) tube layer and white cottony upper layer, all layers together 1.5 - 2.5 mm thick; fruitbodies soft, pliant when fresh and hard when dry; smell pleasant, mushroomy, slightly aromatic like perfumed soap, taste indistinctive (tasting on Picea bark); 5% KOH reaction on pore layer distinctly red, on pilei upper surface less pronounced, muddy orange-brown; SP very faint, probably whitish.Comparing pictures in the literature and internet (pore layer color?), the find could also be similar and closely related Skeletocutis carneogrisea. However, the latter has somewhat smaller spores, is almost always resupinated (doesn't form pilei) and red KOH reaction is not reported (Ref.: 1). Since other traits fit well to literature I decided for Skeletocutis amorpha.Spores smooth, allantoid. Dimensions: 3.8 [4.2 ; 4.4] 4.9 x 1.2 [1.4 ; 1.5] 1.7 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.4; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 4.3 x 1.5 microns; Qe = 3. Generative hypha with clamps. Basidia dimensions: 12 [14 ; 15.5] 17.5 x 3.7 [4.3 ; 4.7] 5.3 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.1 ; 3.5] 4; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 14.8 x 4.5 microns; Qe = 3.3. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores, basidia); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (hypha), in water, Congo red. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, Part 2., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1994), p 621.(2) A. Bernicchia, S.P. Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 502. SP (3) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 577.(4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 290. (5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 506.