Image of Stereum rugosum Pers. 1794

Description:

Slo.: grbančasta krvoslojevka - Habitat: Alpine Fagus sylvatica forest, dirt-road side, medium steep mountain slope, north oriented; calcareous ground, partly shady, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-5 deg C, elevation 1.270 m (4.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: on stump of a cut down Fagus sylvatica in its initial stage of disintegration. - Comments: Bleeding very faint in spite of the fact that sporocarps have been moist. Spore print faint, whitish. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.5) x 4.7 (SD = 0.3) μ, Q = 2.13 (SD = 0.17), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, Congo red. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF - Ref.: (1) A.Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), pp 640. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 310. (3) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 317.