Image of Crepidotus mollis (Schaeff.) Staude 1857

Description:

Slo.: zdrizasta postranica - Habitat: Mixed woodland, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), protected from direct rain by tree canopies, in full shade, humid place, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 435 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Debarked, heavily rotten log of a deciduous tree, probably Acer sp., Fraxinus excelsior or less probably Quercus. - Comment: Has a distinct gelatinous layer on upper side of pileus. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr. Anton Poler, Slovenia. (2) A. Poler, Ed., Seznam Gliv Slovenie (in Slovene) (Check list of mushrooms of Slovenia), Assoc. of Mycological Societies of Slovenia (1998), p 22. (3) M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 244. (4) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 406. (5) http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Crepidotus_mollis.htm