Polyporales

Skeletocutis amorpha (Fr.) Kotl. & Pouzar, syn.: Polyporus amorphus Fr.?, DE: Orangeporige KnorpelporlingSlo.: brezlina kostenelkaDat.: Sept. 28. 2015Code: Bot_915/2015_DSC9114andDat: Oct. 12 . 2015Code: Bot_919/2015_DSC9383Lat.: 46.36076 Long.: 13.70107Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees, moderately inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; colluvial, calcareous, skeletal ground; relatively dry and warm place; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 625 m (2.050 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: cutoff, partly debarked trunk of Picea abies lying on ground; on bark, on debarked wood and on laterally cut wood.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, between villages Soa and Trenta, wood side on the west side of the 'Na melu' pasture; near cottage Trenta 2b, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Growing on bark, on debarked wood, in between and on laterally cut wood in many fruit bodies, which were in resupinate, effuse-reflexed and pileate form; the resupinate form up to 12 x 6 cm in size, pilei confluent and up to 25 x 6(10) mm large; context duplex with a gelatinous layer above (very thin) tube layer and white cottony upper layer, all layers together 1.5 - 2.5 mm thick; fruitbodies soft, pliant when fresh and hard when dry; smell pleasant, mushroomy, slightly aromatic like perfumed soap, taste indistinctive (tasting on Picea bark); 5% KOH reaction on pore layer distinctly red, on pilei upper surface less pronounced, muddy orange-brown; SP very faint, probably whitish.Comparing pictures in the literature and internet (pore layer color?), the find could also be similar and closely related Skeletocutis carneogrisea. However, the latter has somewhat smaller spores, is almost always resupinated (doesn't form pilei) and red KOH reaction is not reported (Ref.: 1). Since other traits fit well to literature I decided for Skeletocutis amorpha.Spores smooth, allantoid. Dimensions: 3.8 [4.2 ; 4.4] 4.9 x 1.2 [1.4 ; 1.5] 1.7 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.4; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 4.3 x 1.5 microns; Qe = 3. Generative hypha with clamps. Basidia dimensions: 12 [14 ; 15.5] 17.5 x 3.7 [4.3 ; 4.7] 5.3 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.1 ; 3.5] 4; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 14.8 x 4.5 microns; Qe = 3.3. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores, basidia); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (hypha), in water, Congo red. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, Part 2., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1994), p 621.(2) A. Bernicchia, S.P. Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 502. SP (3) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 577.(4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 290. (5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 506.

Skeletocutis amorpha (Fr.) Kotl. & Pouzar, syn.: Polyporus amorphus Fr.?, DE: Orangeporige KnorpelporlingSlo.: brezlina kostenelkaDat.: Sept. 28. 2015Code: Bot_915/2015_DSC9114andDat: Oct. 12 . 2015Code: Bot_919/2015_DSC9383Lat.: 46.36076 Long.: 13.70107Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees, moderately inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; colluvial, calcareous, skeletal ground; relatively dry and warm place; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 625 m (2.050 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: cutoff, partly debarked trunk of Picea abies lying on ground; on bark, on debarked wood and on laterally cut wood.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, between villages Soa and Trenta, wood side on the west side of the 'Na melu' pasture; near cottage Trenta 2b, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Growing on bark, on debarked wood, in between and on laterally cut wood in many fruit bodies, which were in resupinate, effuse-reflexed and pileate form; the resupinate form up to 12 x 6 cm in size, pilei confluent and up to 25 x 6(10) mm large; context duplex with a gelatinous layer above (very thin) tube layer and white cottony upper layer, all layers together 1.5 - 2.5 mm thick; fruitbodies soft, pliant when fresh and hard when dry; smell pleasant, mushroomy, slightly aromatic like perfumed soap, taste indistinctive (tasting on Picea bark); 5% KOH reaction on pore layer distinctly red, on pilei upper surface less pronounced, muddy orange-brown; SP very faint, probably whitish.Comparing pictures in the literature and internet (pore layer color?), the find could also be similar and closely related Skeletocutis carneogrisea. However, the latter has somewhat smaller spores, is almost always resupinated (doesn't form pilei) and red KOH reaction is not reported (Ref.: 1). Since other traits fit well to literature I decided for Skeletocutis amorpha.Spores smooth, allantoid. Dimensions: 3.8 [4.2 ; 4.4] 4.9 x 1.2 [1.4 ; 1.5] 1.7 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.4; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 4.3 x 1.5 microns; Qe = 3. Generative hypha with clamps. Basidia dimensions: 12 [14 ; 15.5] 17.5 x 3.7 [4.3 ; 4.7] 5.3 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.1 ; 3.5] 4; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 14.8 x 4.5 microns; Qe = 3.3. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores, basidia); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (hypha), in water, Congo red. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, Part 2., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1994), p 621.(2) A. Bernicchia, S.P. Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 502. SP (3) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 577.(4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 290. (5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 506.

Skeletocutis amorpha (Fr.) Kotl. & Pouzar, syn.: Polyporus amorphus Fr.?, DE: Orangeporige KnorpelporlingSlo.: brezlina kostenelkaDat.: Sept. 28. 2015Code: Bot_915/2015_DSC9114andDat: Oct. 12 . 2015Code: Bot_919/2015_DSC9383Lat.: 46.36076 Long.: 13.70107Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees, moderately inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; colluvial, calcareous, skeletal ground; relatively dry and warm place; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 625 m (2.050 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: cutoff, partly debarked trunk of Picea abies lying on ground; on bark, on debarked wood and on laterally cut wood.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa, between villages Soa and Trenta, wood side on the west side of the 'Na melu' pasture; near cottage Trenta 2b, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Growing on bark, on debarked wood, in between and on laterally cut wood in many fruit bodies, which were in resupinate, effuse-reflexed and pileate form; the resupinate form up to 12 x 6 cm in size, pilei confluent and up to 25 x 6(10) mm large; context duplex with a gelatinous layer above (very thin) tube layer and white cottony upper layer, all layers together 1.5 - 2.5 mm thick; fruitbodies soft, pliant when fresh and hard when dry; smell pleasant, mushroomy, slightly aromatic like perfumed soap, taste indistinctive (tasting on Picea bark); 5% KOH reaction on pore layer distinctly red, on pilei upper surface less pronounced, muddy orange-brown; SP very faint, probably whitish.Comparing pictures in the literature and internet (pore layer color?), the find could also be similar and closely related Skeletocutis carneogrisea. However, the latter has somewhat smaller spores, is almost always resupinated (doesn't form pilei) and red KOH reaction is not reported (Ref.: 1). Since other traits fit well to literature I decided for Skeletocutis amorpha.Spores smooth, allantoid. Dimensions: 3.8 [4.2 ; 4.4] 4.9 x 1.2 [1.4 ; 1.5] 1.7 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.4; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 4.3 x 1.5 microns; Qe = 3. Generative hypha with clamps. Basidia dimensions: 12 [14 ; 15.5] 17.5 x 3.7 [4.3 ; 4.7] 5.3 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.1 ; 3.5] 4; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 14.8 x 4.5 microns; Qe = 3.3. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores, basidia); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (hypha), in water, Congo red. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, Part 2., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1994), p 621.(2) A. Bernicchia, S.P. Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 502. SP (3) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 577.(4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 290. (5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 506.

Sotticka

Vsterbottens Ln, Sverige

Also known as Ceriporiopsis merulinus.Photographed in the Hastings Caves State Reserve near Newdegate Cave.IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Also known as Ceriporiopsis merulinus.Photographed in the Hastings Caves State Reserve near Newdegate Cave.IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Dlinza Forest Aerial Boardwalk, Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

Hameenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting, in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Hameenlinna, Tavastia Proper, Finland

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Climacocystis borealisSlo.: severnjaka poroznicaDat.: Sept. 04. 2010Lat.: 46.33325 Long.: 13.49235Code: Bot_454/2010_IMG-2334 Habitat: Mixed forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, slightly south oriented slope, calcareous bedrock, in shade, relatively warm place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 960 m (3,150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: quite fresh, still in bark, Picea abies stump.Place: Bovec basin, south slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group, lower Gozdec place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comments: Growing solitary, many young fruitbodies measuring up to 7 cm (2,5 inch) by 4 cm (1,5 inch), SP white with very minute ocher tint. Smell indistinctive. Spore dimensions: 6,0 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,47 (SD = 0,11), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Found during 2010 amateur mycological meeting, in Bovec.Ref.: (1) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 182(2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5780.asp .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Climacocystis_borealis.htm .(4) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Anton Poler.

Christmas, Florida, United States

Girraween, Queensland, Australia

An unusual fungus with pores that go from round to linear striations as seen here.