Image of Tiger sawgill

Description:

Slo.: tigrasta strnjenka - 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. - 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. Spores smooth, dimensions: 7.2 (SD = 0.5) x 3.3 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.2 (SD = 0.17), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) Id'ed by Mr. Bojan Rot (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 121. (3) http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6282~gid~~source~gallerydefault.asp (4) http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=164542