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Pixham Ferry, Worcs. SO835468
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Phlebia tremellosa, syn.: Merulius tremellosusJelly rot fungus, Trembling Merulius Slo.: ?Date: Oct. 13. 2009Lat.: 46.37831 Long.: 13.78967Code: Bot_392/2009-6560Habitat: A small opening in mixed wood, predominantly Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, calcareous, nearly flat ground at the bottom of a valley, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: vertical west oriented surface of a large stump of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Zadnjica valley, near Strunik place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment: Photographed specimens almost dry. Spore dimensions 3.9 (SD=0.2) x 1.4 (SD=0.2) micr., Motic B1-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water.Ref.:M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 322
www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/poroid fungi/species pages/Phlebia tremellosa.htm
www.mushroomexpert.com/phlebia_tremellosa.html
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Meripilus giganteusGiant PolyporeSlo.: rnea velezraenkaDat.: Sept. 19. 2013Lat.: 46.33515 Long.: 13.56790Code: Bot_750/2013_DSC0349Habitat: Light, mixed, predominantly hardwood woodland, dominant Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Quercus sp., Fraxinus excelsior, Corylus avellana; nearly flat terrain, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), partly rain protected by trees canopies, mostly in shade, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 480 m (1.575feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: a large stump and roots of a cut down tree in its final stage of disintegration; tree species undistinguishable; most probably Fagus sylvatica, but possibly also Quercus sp. (several trees growing in the vicinity).Place: Bovec basin, Humi hill, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary (probably a single mycelium), however in three groups of pilei on the same tree; they were about 1 m (3 feet) apart, the largest group about 40 cm (16 inch) in diameter; taste strong, mushroomy, unpleasant; smell slightly unpleasant, indistinctive; flesh strongly fibrous; SP whitish; pore surface bruising when handled, first ochre, then brown, then blackish, but not fast, the process takes several ten minutes.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 5.7 (SD= 0.3) x 4.8 (SD= 0.2) , Q= 1.2 (SD= 0.06), n= 30. 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) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 505.(2) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 301.(3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 547. (4) M.Bon, Parey'sBuch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 314. (5) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle& Meyer (2008), p 338.(6). Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1065.
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Polyporus alveolaris, Syn.: Polyporus mori, Hexagonia moriHexagonal-pored polypore Slo.: satjasti lukniarDat.: April 21. 2010Lat.: 46.18413 Long.: 13.75503Code: Bot_414/2010-2002Habitat: Deciduous forest, dominant Fraxinus excelsior, south oriented slope, warm place, partly protected against direct rain, in half shade, average precipitations 2.000-2.600 mm/year, average temperature 10-12 deg C, elevation 320 m (1.050 feet), Pre-Alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: Dead branch of a deciduous tree lying on a heap of dead woodPlace: North of village Poljubin near Tolmin, at the foot of Mt. Poloje, 981 m (3,219 feet), Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Caps had a diameter of about 2-3 cm (about one inch).Ref.:Personal communication with Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC (Natural History Center), Tolmin, Slovenia ECA.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei 10, Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 455D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 563
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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.
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Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2)
www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3)
www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.
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Zaragoza: Aragn (Espaa)Orden: PolyporalesFamilia: Fomitopsidaceae
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Polyporus ciliatus Fr., syn.: Polyporus lepideus Fr.Fringed Polypore, DE: Maiporling, Bewinperter PorlingSlo.: etinasti luknjiarDat.: May 3. 2016Lat.: 46.35972 Long.: 13.70797Code: Bot_953/2016_DSC1784Habitat: Young riparian forest, Picea abies and Salix eleagnos dominant trees, next to a river; flat terrain occasionally flooded during high water levels of the river, calcareous, young alluvial ground; in shade, humid ground and air; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 530 m (1.740 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen trunk of an old Salix eleagnos mostly not in direct contact with ground, still in bark, moss covered, in the late disintegration phase.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, between villages Soa and Trenta, next to the farm house Otokar, Trenta 4, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: According to its species name Polyporus ciliatus should have distinctly fringed edge of the pileus. However, this was barely so with this find. Apparently this trait is not very reliable. However, very small pores, barely seen by naked eye (6 pores/mm measured) and appearance in spring clearly distinct it from very similar Polyporus brumalis.About 50 pilei found on two places. Growing solitary and in groups, occasionally two fruitbodies confluent at the base of the stipe; pilei diameter from 35 to 70 mm, pore layer thin, up to 3 mm; stipe 3 - 5 cm long, 4 - 6 mm in diameter, equal and somewhat thicker at the base; pilei surprisingly sturdy, quite hard to cut and chew; smell mild, pleasant, mushroomy; taste distinct, mushroomy, somewhat unpleasant; SP abundant, whitish-light beige, oac851.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 5,4 [6 ; 6,2] 6,8 x 1,8 [2,1 ; 2,2] 2,5 microns; Q = 2,4 [2,8 ; 2,9] 3,3; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 6,1 x 2,1 microns; Qe = 2,9. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, 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) L. Ryvarden, I. Melo, Poroid fungi of Europe, Synopsis Fungorum 31., Fungiflora (2014), p 357. (2) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 326. (3) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 460. (4) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 510. (5) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 609.
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Ganoderma resinaceum Boud.Lacquered Bracket, DE: Harziger LackporlingSlo.: smolena poloenkaDat.: Aug. 23. 2015Lat.: 46.36092 Long.: 13.70162Code: Bot_908/2015_DSC8633Habitat: Alpine pasture; moderately incline mountain slope; southeast aspect; calcareous, stony, colluvial ground; shallow soil layer; full sun, dry and relatively 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: at the base of dead stump of a stand alone, cut down, mostly decorticated Ostrya carpinifolia.Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, 'Na melu' place, near Trenta 2b cottage, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: According to keys of genus Ganoderma published in Ryvarden (2014) and Bernicchia (2005) this find fits well to Ganoderma resinaceum. It has distinctly stipitate pileus, continuous, partly shiny and reddish-brown (not dark brown and dull as with Ganoderma applanatum and Ganoderma australe) resinous crust, which first melts and then burns with a yellow flame when heated at the tip of a knife in the flame of a match and a darker line in context just above tube layer. However, some traits not mentioned in the keys pose problems. The context color doesn't seem to correspond well to the descriptions in Ryvarden (2014) and Krieglsteiner (2000) ('pale grayish-brown') and Bernicchia (2005) ('brown, red-brown'). The find was found on dead stump of Ostrya carpinifolia (host species not listed as a possible substrate in the literature available to me) while Ganoderma resinaceum is known from live deciduous trees. Measured spores are slightly too long and too wide in average compared to most published data (the only exception is Ref.: 4). Their width fits better to similar Ganoderma pfeifferi, which is apparently always sessile and never stipitate. Measured spore dimensions actually fit perfectly to Ganoderma carnosum, which is, however, know only from conifers. Also the habitat of the find seems strange. Ganoderma resinaceum is usually found in parks, roadsides, seldom in woods. All this makes my determination uncertain to some extent.Growing solitary; pileus dimensions 10 x 8 cm; oozing reddish droplets when cut, pore layer bruising brown when handled; trama fibrous-corky and very firm, difficult to cut even with a ceramic knife; taste bitter, smell distinctive, pleasant, a kind of mushroomy; SP faint, possibly brown. Spores brown, rough, thick (double) walled. Dimensions: 11.4 [12.2 ; 12.6] 13.5 x 6.9 [7.5 ; 7.8] 8.5 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.6 ; 1.7] 1.8; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 12.4 x 7.7 microns; Qe = 1.6. 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) L. Ryvarden, I. Melo, Poroid fungi of Europe, Synopsis Fungorum 31., Fungiflora A/S (2014), p 191. (2) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 238. (3) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 427. (4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 332. (5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 486.
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Tree Fungus
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Byssomerulius corium, syn.: Meruliopsis coriumNetted Crust, Gemeiner LederfaeltlingSlo.: oranna pokrivaaDat.: Oct. 21. 2013Lat.: 46.36027 Long.: 13.70291Code: Bot_765/2013_DSC8975Habitat: Young mixed forest, former pasture, flat terrain, calcareous ground, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 600 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead but still standing branch of Tilia sp.Place: Lower Trenta valley, 'Na Melu' place, east of Trenta 2b cottage, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Very common species here around; growing effuse-reflex along a length of about 60 cm in several patches up to 4 cm wide; flesh thin (less than 0.5 mm), leathery; with several small downy pilei of a few mm width; SP abundant, white, oac900.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 7.2(SD= 0.4) x 3.4 (SD= 0.3) , Q= 2.15 (SD= 0.17), n= 30. Olympus CH20 NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 260. 6-7/2-3.5(2) A. Bernicchia, S.P. Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), pp 192. 5-7/2.5-3.5.(3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 540. 5-6/2.5-3(4) I.V. Zmitrovich, W.A. Spirin, S.P. Wasser, Variability of Byssomerulius corium in the Mediterranean. Mycotaxon (2006). 97:83-90, cited by Mycobank 4.5-9 x 2.3-4.5
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Steccherinum bourdotiiDat.: Jan. 05. 2012 Lat.: 46.34676 Long.: 13.56571Code: Bot_587/2012_DSC2154 Habitat: At the side of a group of Pinus nigra trees, south oriented mountain slope, fairly sunny and relatively warm place, calcareous ground, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 600 m (1.950 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Dead stump of a cut down deciduous tree (possibly Ostrya carpinifolia) mostly still in bark and partly covered with mosses, also heavily infected with Trametes versicolor (as effuse-reflexed to pileate form), however fungus spread also to pieces of fallen off bark, herbaceous plant roots and old leaf petioles (as a resupinated form).Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla, Ravni Laz place, above the dirt road to Plajerjeva skala, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Subglobose to ovate and significantly larger spores (see spore measurements chart), smaller diameter pseudocystidia, conical and longer than 1 mm aculei (see Ref.:(2)) distinguish this observation from more frequent Steccherinum ochraceum well. All forms from pure resupinated to distinctly pileate present. Caps of pileate form zonate, up to 14 mm wide and 12 mm off the substrate, often confluent up to 2 mm thick, context thin, upper side beige-pink with some brown strips and green (algae?), with thin whitish margin. Hymenium aculei up to 1.5 mm long, mostly conical, ocher-pink (oac764); hymenium in resupinated form with white edge. Smell indistinctive on soil and rottenness. SP whitish. Spores smooth, subglobose to ovate, dimensions: 4.4 (SD = 0.3) x 3.7 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 1.21 (SD = 0.07), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:S.bourdotii(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 327.(2) A.Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), pp 624. (3)
aphyllopower.blogspot.com/2008/06/steccherinum-bourdotii-...S.ochraceum(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 327. (2) A.Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), pp628. (3) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984).
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liitukpAsikkala, Finland2010-08-13
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Cinereomyces lindbladii (Berk.) Jl., syn.: Diplomitoporus lindbladii (Berk.) Gilb. & Ryv., Polyporus lindbladii Berk., Poria cinerasceus Sacc. & Syd., Antrodia lindbladii (Berk.) Ryv.DE: Grauschillernder ResupinatporlingSlo.: jelkin sivolukniarDat.: Jan.13. 2016Lat.: 46.37004 Long.: 13.72908Code: Bot_928/2016_DSC0102Habitat: mixed wood, close to a river, at the foot of steep mountain; northwest aspect; calcareous, colluvial ground; in shade, high air humidity; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 570 m (1.870 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Rotten, Picea abies pole (formerly a part of wooden fence around a small pasture) lying on a large Picea abies stump; underside of the pole (resupinate form) and the gap between the pole and Picea abies stump (cottony-fibrous form).Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa, next to 'Soka pot' (Soa river trail), somewhat downstream of farmhouse Maselc, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Growing in two forms, resupinate, poroid (underside of the pole hanging in the air) and cottony-fibrous (in-between the pole and the tree stump); dimensions of the resupinate part about 3.5 x 25 cm, dimension of cottony part 10 x 40 cm; pore layer up to 5 mm thick; about 3 pores/mm; subiculum very thin, almost none, less than 0.5 mm thick; sporocarps quite firm (photographed in half frozen state - air temperature was below zero C), hard when dry; pore surface of old and dry sporocarps gray with an interesting shimmer when looked at changing angle like a kind of interference pattern (German name of the species!); smell none (low temperatures? should be unpleasant according to literature); taste mild but distinctive, on resin, chemicals? 5% KOH reaction on pore surface mild, pale ocher-yellow; SP faint, oac color could not be determined. Accidentally small creatures living in the fungus were observed (Figs. ). Does anybody know what could they be?Spores smooth, cylindrical-allantoid with (mostly) two oil drops. Dimensions: 5.5 [6 ; 6.2] 6.6 x 1.9 [2.2 ; 2.4] 2.7 microns; Q = 2.2 [2.6 ; 2.7] 3.1; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 6.1 x 2.3 microns; Qe = 2.6. Basidia dimensions: 11.2 [13.7 ; 17.2] 19.8 x 4.3 [4.5 ; 4.7] 4.9 microns; Q = 2.4 [3 ; 3.7] 4.3; N = 6; C = 95%; Me = 15.5 x 4.6 microns (according to Ryvarden (2014) 10-20 x 4.5-5.5 microns). Tramal hyphae thick walled, not septated, generative hyphae with clamps not seen. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (hyphae, hymenium, others), in water, in vivo. 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.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 280. (2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 515. (3) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, part 1., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1993), p 246. (4) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 206. (5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 498. (6) L. Hagar, Ottova Encyklopedia Hb, Ottova Nakladatelstvi, Praha (2015) (in Slovakian), p 329.(7) L. Ryvarden, I. Melo, Poroid fungi of Europe, Synopsis Fungorum 31., Fungiflora (2014), p 152.
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Irpex lacteus (Fr.; Fr.) Fr. Elench. Fung. p145, 1828, syn.: Sistotrema lacteum Fr.Milk-white toothed polypore, DE: Milchweisser EggenpilzSlo.: belkasti rapovecDat.: Feb. 23. 2014Lat.: 46.35947 Long.: 13.70424Code: Bot_784/2014_DSC0038File names: from Irpex-lacteus_raw_1.xxx to Irpex-lacteus_raw_8.xxx.andDat.: Feb. 27. 2014Lat.: 46.35947 Long.: 13.70424Code: Bot_786/2014_DSC0132File names: from Irpex-lacteus_raw_10.xxx to Irpex-lacteus_raw_11.xxx.Habitat: alpine valley, an opening in mixed forest with predominantly Fagus sylvatica followed by Picea abies; modestly inclined southeast oriented mountain slope, overgrown calcareous ground composed of scree, rocks and boulders; mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 560 m (1.950 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: cut down trunk of Fagus sylvatica lying on ground, in its late initial phase of integration; the trunk was massively infected also with Trametes hirsutum.Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, near 'Na melu' place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: fruit body mostly resupinated but also effused-reflexed; very large, about 1.5 m x 20 cm, about 2-3 mm thick, context thinner than pore layer; small 'pilei' up to 8(12) mm off the substrate; hymenophore with initially distinctly irregular angular, almost labyrinthine pores soon becomes irpiciform to hydnoid (compare Figs. 8. and 10.); smell indistinctive, taste initially indistinctive, after some time slightly unpleasant; 5% KOH reaction on context and pore layer mild, color changed to somewhat darker ocher-beige; SP abundant, white-yellowish with a slight green tint, oac014. No hypha clamps have been observed. All observed traits fit well to expectations for Irpex lacteus except cystidia. The fact that I haven't found conspicuously encrusted cystidia puzzles me.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 5.1 [5.9 ; 6.2] 7.1 x 2.5 [2.8 ; 2.9] 3.2 microns, Q = 1.9 [2.1 ; 2.2] 2.4; N = 47; C = 95%; Me = 6.1 x 2.8 microns; Qe = 2.2. Basidia dimensions approximately 20 x 4.5 microns.Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water (spores) and NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x, in water, congo red (hymenium, cystidia). AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Personal communication with Mr. Bojam Rot,
www.gobenabovskem.com(2) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 296. (3) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, Fungiflora, Vol.1. (1993), p 352. (4) G. J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 329. (5) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 176. (6)
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Leptoporus mollisSlo.: mehka skutovkaDat.: Oct. 31. 2013Lat.: 46.38337 Long.: 13.75061Code: Bot_768/2013_DSC9113Habitat: Mixed wood, east inclined fairly steep mountain slope, calcareous ground, humid place, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 640 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: large, approximately 70 cm (2.3 feet) in diameter, debarked fallen trunk of Picea abies in its late stage of disintegration.Place: Trenta valley, west of village Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to 'Soka pot' trail, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: This is an interesting fungus from several reasons. First it is quite rare. Second it is the only known species in the genus Leptoporus. Third it is a real surprise when you touch it - surprisingly spongy and so soft, that it is hard to handle it without damaging it. Indeed in strong contrast to what one expects from similar bracket fungi on wood.Growing in groups, many fruit bodies present on the log; sessile brackets up to 5 cm wide, up to 2.5 cm off the substrate and about 2 cm thick, trama layer up to 12 mm thick, pore layer 5-7 mm thick, brackets partly fused; thickly effuse-reflexed form up to 5 x 3.5 cm, totally resupinated patches up to 20 x 6 cm; bruising reddish-brown when touched; taste distinctly aromatic-bitter; smell mushroomy, pleasant, lightly acid; flesh very soft like watery white cheese; no SP obtained, spores collected directly from pore surface using a soft brush; no hypha clamps observed; 5% KOH reaction on pore surface deep brown with red tint; the same on pileus, yet slower reaction and less intensive. Spores' width fits expectations; however, their length is somewhat too small. Probably they were not yet mature.Spores smooth. Dimensions (only larger spores have been measured): 4.7 (SD= 0.2) x 1.8 (SD = 0.1) , Q = 2.62 (SD = 0.23), n = 21. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Basidia dimensions: 16.1 (SD = 1.8) x 4.4 (SD = 0.4) , n = 7. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x, magnification 400 x, in water, Congo red. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Protected according to: Uredba o zavarovanih prostoiveih vrstah gliv, Uradni list RS, t.58/2011 (Regulation of protected wild fungi, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 58/2011), (2011).Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., EdizioniCandusso (2005), p 317. (2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 498. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze BadenWrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 544. (4) Boletus Informaticus, Slovenian Forestry Institute, BI data base,
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Trametes gibbosa Lumpy BracketSlo.: grbasta ploskocevkaDat.: Feb. 13. 2012Lat.: 46.32669 Long.: 13.52188Code: Bot_596/2012_DSC2715 Habitat: Old alluvial terrace of River Soa, flat terrain, former pasture, now light bush land, calcareous ground, fairly sunny and warm, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: two stumps of a cut down small Fraxinus sp. (probably F. ornus) trees in initial stage of disintegration. Place: Bovec basin, south of Bovec golf play ground, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing on two stumps, several large pileus of different age, pileus diameter up to 22 cm (8 inch), sterile surface white to beige, old caps overgrown with algae and mosses, context white, not zonate, pore surface white, light straw color on older pilei; SP faint, white. Pictures taken at below 0 deg C temperature and after a prolonged period of very cold weather (icy days with minimum temperatures -10 deg C (14 deg F)).Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4.4 (SD = 0.4) x 2.3 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 1.88 (SD = 0.21), n = 25. Ref.:(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 585. (2) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 527. (3) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 317. (4) M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 318.
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Postia caesia (Schrad.: Fr.) Karst, syn.: Oligoporus caesius (Schrad.: Fr.) Gilbn.& Ryv., Tyromyces caesius (Schrad.: Fr.) Murr.Conifer Bluing Bracket, Blauer SaftporlingSlo.: modri skutovecDat.: Oct. 11. 2015Lat.: 46.36014 Long.: 13.70286Code: Bot_918/2015_DSC9292Habitat: on a large pile of Picea abies cut off trunks and thrown away rotten timber; in light mixed wood, Picea abies, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; in shade; moderately dry and relatively warm place; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 595 m (1.950 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: on a cut-off surface of a dead trunk of Picea abies; partly debarked; in late initial stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, between villages Soa and Trenta, below of 'Na melu' place; south of cottage Trenta 2b, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in two small groups of partly fuzzed pilei; the largest pileus dimensions 4.8 x 2.5 cm, tube layer up to 5 mm thick; trama up to 3 mm thick; smell mild, mushroomy; taste mild, mushroomy, after some time slightly unpleasant; flesh soft; 5% KOH on pore layer gray-blue-green, on hut surface gray-green; SP abundant, whitish-grayish with a blue tint, oac305. Spores smooth, cylindrical and allantoid. 4,7 [5,2 ; 5,4] 5,9 x 1,4 [1,6 ; 1,7] 2 microns; Q = 2,5 [3,1 ; 3,3] 3,8; N = 35; C = 95%; Me = 5,3 x 1,7 microns; Qe = 3,2. 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) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceaes.l., Fungi Europaei Vol.10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 332. (2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 490. (3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 316. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 313. (5) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 548. (6) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, part 2., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1994), p 435.
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Ganoderma australe, syn. Ganoderma adspersum, Ganoderma europaeumSauthern BracketSlo.: debela poloenkaDat.: Sept. 20. 2011Lat.: 46.34768 Long.: 13.56137Code: Bot_553/2011_DSC_9794 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.Place: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. ukla Mountain, near Plajerjeva skala place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC 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. Ref.:(1) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 232. (2)
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)
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Trametes pubescens (Schumach.: Fr.) Pilt, syn.: Coriolus pubescens (Schumach.: Fr.) Murr.DE: Samtige TrameteSlo.: puhasta ploskocevkaDat.: Nov. 17. 2015Lat.: 46.40365 Long.: 13.74211Code: Bot_927/2015_DSC9883Habitat: mixed wood, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, dominant trees with some Larix decidua and Fraxinus excelsior; steep mountain slope, west aspect, however in shade of mountains during winter months; rather cool and humid place; calcareous ground; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5 - 6 deg C, elevation 790 (2.600 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: large, very old Fagus sylvatica, the tree is still alive, but fungus is growing on partly dead part of it, still in bark.Place: Zadnja Trenta valley; at the border of Forest reserve Kukla; about 100 m southwest of the memorial of Dr. Julius Kugy, poet and mountaineer of Julian Alps; near switchback no.48 of Vri alpine road, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This find has posed very interesting challenges for determination. Several options have been considered but apparently none fit to the find. Experts have been consulted but no definite solution found. Finally a sample has been sent to Dr. Leif Ryvarden, University of Oslo who determined it as Trametes pubescens. Many thanks to all involved in the problem solving - Dr. Nikica Ogris and Andrej Piltaver, Slovenian Forestry Institute, Bojan Rot, Bovec, Branko Vrhovnik, Horjul and specially to Prof. Ryvarden for his final determination.The main source of identification problems is probably very untypical shape of the pilei. Trametes pubescens has usually relatively thin pilei. According to the key of genus Trametes given in Krieglsteiner (2000), p585 the pilei are about 0.5 (1) cm thick, Ryvarden (2014), p417 states: "... Basidiocarps thin ... context up to 5 mm ... pore layer up to 4 mm thick..." and Bernicchia (2005), p535 gives " ... context 3-5 mm and pore layer 1-5 mm thick... ". The pilei found were up to 5 cm thick and in most cases triquetrous in cross-section. Also spores are significantly longer than normally expected.Growing in a few groups on the same part of a large tree; altogether more than 200 pilei present; majority of them laterally confluent, imbricate, some single; some effuse-reflexed, most of them triquetrous in cross-section; pilei dimensions: 8-10(16) x 4-5(6.5) cm and 2.5-5 cm thick; pore layer up to 8 mm thick; context of very low specific weight, corky, similar to dry Piptoporus betulinus; when dry quite firm, brittle, brakes to pieces; smell (of almost dry pilei) very mild but distinctive on what? ; taste indistinctive at the beginning, after a while mild and interesting, again on what?; 5% KOH reaction on context and pileus surface yellow-ocher with orange tint, on pores the same color but less distinctive; SP scarce, but distinctive (after making pilei moist and at 18-20 deg C), whitish-beige, oac851; fungi causing white root according to analysis of the wood made at the Forestry Institute of Slovenia.Spore dimensions determined twice from SP of different pilei. First measurement (pilei taken on Nov. 18. 2015): 7 [7.8; 8] 8.8 x 2 [2.4; 2.5] 2.9 microns; Q = 2.6 [3.2; 3.4] 3.9; N = 49; C = 95%; Me = 7.9 x 2.4 microns; Qe = 3.3. Second measurement (pilei taken on Nov. 23. 2015): 6.1 [7.3; 7.6] 8.9 x 2 [2.3; 2.4] 2.8 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.1; 3.2] 3.9 ; N = 62 ; C = 95%; Me = 7.5 x 2.4 microns; Qe = 3.2. Basidia clavate, dimensions: 14.2 [15.8; 17.7] 19.4 x 4.1 [5; 6.1] 7 microns; Q = 2.3 [2.8; 3.3] 3.8; N = 8; C = 95%; Me = 16.8 x 5.5 microns; Qe = 3.1. Hyphal system trimitic. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, aniline blue; in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Id'ed by Dr. Leif Ryvarden, University of Oslo.(2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 589.(3) L. Ryvarden, I. Melo, Poroid fungi of Europe, Synopsis Fungorum 31., Fungiflora (2014), p 417. (4) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 535. (5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 509.
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Lenzites betulina, syn. Trametes betulina Multicolor gill polypore, Birken-BlaettlingSlo.: brezova lenzovkaDate: Oct. 24. 2009Lat.: 46.34018 Long.: 13.58107Code: Bot_394/2009-0079Habitat: Group of Betula pendula var. pendula as a pioneer species on an abandoned pasture, shallow, moderately acid soil on cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), direct rain exposed, partly in shade, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, altitude 550 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: rotten stump of a Betula pendula var. pendulaPlace: Bovec basin, at the foot of Mt. Svinjak, 1.965 m (6.447 feet) above Kal-Koritnica village, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: Spore dimensions 5.4 micr (SD=0.4 micr) x 2.5 micr (SD=0.3 micr). Ref.:
aphyllopower.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.htmlA.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l. , Fungi Europaei, Edizioni Candusso (2005), Italia, p 314M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 318R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Mayer (2008), p 336