Phellinus-tuberculosus_2M

Description:

Phellinus tuberculosus, syn.: Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.: S.F.Gray) MaireBracket fungus, Pflaumen-FeuerschwammSlo.: sadni plutaDat.: Jan. 19. 2011Lat.: 46.35046 Long.: 13.68248Code: Bot_481/2011_IMG3452 Habitat: Very old (mini)orchard with almost dead fruit trees near a long time abandoned farm house, flat terrain, calcareous ground, sunny and warm place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: very old Prunus domestica, several small trees. Place: Lemovje place, rnela farm house, south slopes of Mt. Bavki Grintavec, 2.347 m (7.698 feet), above village Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary and in groups, pileus width up to 6 cm (2.3 inch), flesh hard and corky. Young fruitbodies orange brown, old one almost black and cracked above. SP very faint, possibly light ocher? Spore dimensions: Smooth 6.1 (SD = 0.3) x 4.7 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 1.32 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 438. (2) www.ambmuggia.it/forum/topic/6921-phellinus-tuberculosus/ .(3) www.eau.ee/~agronomy/vol04Spec/p4S48.pdf . (4) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Phellinus_pomaceus.htm .