Lentinus-tigrinus_8

Description:

Lentinus tigrinusTigar SawgillSlo.: tigrasta strnjenkaDat.: Sept.17. 2011Lat.: 46.34026 Long.: 13.56039Code: Bot_552/2011_DSC9579 Habitat: Wet marsh, thicket of Salix sp. bushes, flat frequently flooded terrain, muddy ground, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, humid and shady place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 450 m (1.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Water soaked, rotten trunk of Salix viminalis or Salix fragilis almost completely buried in the muddy ground.Place: Bovec basin, Northeast of Bovec, Pod Trnjem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in a small group of several fruitbodies, pileus diameter up to about 6 cm (2.5 inch), taste and smell initially mild, smell becoming strong and unpleasant (urine) during drying, SP white. Ref.:(1) Id'ed by Mr. Bojan Rot(2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 121.(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6282~gid...(4) www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=164542