Image of Stereum rugosum Pers. 1794

Description:

Slo.: grbančasta slojevka - Habitat: Beach forest with isolated Picea abies, south oriented mountain slope, calcareous ground, partly sunny, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevations 950 m ( 3.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: dead stump of large Fagus sylvatica in the final stage of disintegration. - Comments: Growing on mossy disintegrated bark and wood of a tree. Photographed in fairly dry state. No reddish bruising or secreting blood-red milk observed. SP whitish-beige, quite abundant. Spores smooth, dimensions: 9.8 (SD = 0.8) x 4.5 (SD = 0.3.4) micr., Q = 2.42 (SD = 0.24), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Congo red. - Ref.: (1) A.Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.i., Flora Europea Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), pp 640. (2) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 336. (3) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 317. (4) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 310.