Pseudohydnum-gelatinosum_2

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Pseudohydnum gelatinosumToothed Jelly Fungus, Zitterzahn Slo.: navadna ledenkaDat.: Sept. 01. 2010Lat.: 46.32960 Long.: 13.49806Code: Bot_453/2010_DSC4236Habitat: Very steep northeast oriented mountain slope, primary mixed forest with dominant Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, calcareous ground, humid place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 790 m (2.600 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: fallen rotten log of a large Picea abies fully overgrown with mossesPlace: Bovec basin, east slopes of Mt. Kopa, 1.439 m (4.720 feet), East Julian Alps, Mt. Kanin mountain group, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: 3 - 4.5 cm (1.2 - 1.8 inch) wide cups. Spore print white. Smell indistinctive, may be slightly on fish. Spore dimensions: 6,6 (SD = 0.4) x 5,6 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 1.21 (SD = 0.06), n = 30. Ref.: (1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 671. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324. (3) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1070.