Cerrena unicolor_4

Description:

Cerrena unicolor (syn.: Daedalea unicolor)Mossy maze polyporeSlo.: pepelasti zvitoluknjiarDat.: June 01. 2009Lat.: 46.34431 Long.: 13.55524Code: Bot_348/2009-8963Habitat: Pasture land, southeast oriented slopes, full sun, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 550 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: dead trunk of a small Ostrya carpinifolia laying on ground. Place: North of Bovec, pasture land near Luti's farmhouse, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment: See an interesting story about the Cerrena unicolor, the Horntail Wasp Tremex Columba and the Ichneumonid wasp Megarhyssa at www.mushroomthejournal.com/mma/SC200304.html#cerrenaRef.: A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l. in Italia, Instituto di Patologia Vegetale, Uni. degli Studi di Bologna (1990), pp458. www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/poroid fungi/species pages/Cerrena unicolor.htm