Auricularia mesenterica (Dicks.) Pers., 1822Tripe FungusSlo.: brestova uhljevkaDat.: Oct. 22. 2011Lat.: 46.34859 Long.: 13.67895Code: Bot_563/2011_DSC0389 Habitat: Mixed wood, dominant Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Pinus. sp, Larix decidua, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus, etc.; South inclined mountain slope, rocky terrain, calcareous bedrock; rather dry and warm place, partly in shade, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 890 m (2.900 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Large, dead fallen Fagus sylvatica trunk, partly rotten, partly still in bark.Place: Above the trail from abandoned hamlet Lemovlje to TV repeater, Planina Lemovlje, Trenta valley, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Fruit body gelatinous, rubbery when moist and very hard when dry. Lower side coarsely wrinkled. Pileus diameter up to 7 cm (3 inch), SP crme-gray (oac879), huts from light beige-gray (oac879) to almost black (oac901), hairy; hymenophore violet-brown (oac635).Spores smooth, cylindrical, sausage like. Dimensions: 16.4 (SD = 1.0) x 5.8 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.82 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 349. (2) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 62. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324. (4)
www.leifgoodwin.co.uk/Fungi/Auricularia mesenterica.html . (5) W.Rothmaler, Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Vol.1, Niedere Pflanzen, Elsevier, 3.Auflage, (1994), p 316.
Guepinia helvelloides (DC.) Fr., syn.: Guepinia rufa (Jacq.) Beck, Phlogiotis helvelloides (DC.) G.W. Martin, Tremella helvelloides DC., Tremiscus helvelloides (DC.) DonkApricot Jelly Mushroom, Salmon Salad, DE: Roter Gallerttrichter, Fleischroter GallerttrichterSlo.: uhati drhtave, donk, uheljDat.: Sept. 25. 2016Lat.: 46.37042 Long.: 13.73207Code: Bot_1008/2016_IMG1461Habitat: River bank, wood edge, Picea abies dominant, next to a trail, almost flat terrain, quite-open place, partly sunny, air and ground humid place; calcareous, alluvial, sandy ground; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 565 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil, possibly buried wood in the last phase of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soa, somewhat downstream from farmhouse Maselc, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Guepinia helvelloides is not a rare find in Trenta valley. However, this time the find was extremely large, exceeding in size all data in literature I am aware off. Usually the sporocarps are about 5-6 cm tall. Interestingly, also spore width does not fit into expected limits. Spores are significantly larger, so one could suspect a wrong determination of the find. However, to my knowledge, there is nothing similar to this mushroom growing in Slovenia.Growing solitary, two pilei fuzzed at the base; dimensions of the larger 11.5 x 10 cm across and 10.5 cm tall; stipe rudimentary, about 2 cm long and 1.5 cm in diameter, partly hollow; taste mild pleasant, mushroomy; smell indistinctive, on moss(?), SP white, oac909.Spores minutely warty. Dimensions: 9.6 [10.8 ; 11.2] 12.4 x 6.1 [7 ; 7.3] 8.2 microns; Q = 1.3 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.8; N = 38; C = 95%; Me = 11 x 7.1 microns ; Qe = 1.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, fresh material; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324. (2) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 143. (4) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1071. (5) A. Poler, Veselo po gobe, Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002) (in Slovenian), p 324. (6) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 128.
Exidia nigricans (With) P. Rob (1966), syn.: Exidia plana (Wigg. 1780; Schleich. 1821) Donk 1966 var. plana, Exidia glandulosa (Bulliard 1788), Exidia glandulosa Fr. Witches ButterSlo.: lezasta zamazankaSpores.Dat.: Jan. 25. 2014Lat.: 46.36165 Long.: 13.69789Code: Bot_782/2014_DSC9821Habitat: modestly southeast inclined mountain slope, mixed forest, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant; overgrown scree, rocks and boulders, calcareous ground, relatively warm and dry place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 700 m (2.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen Fagus sylvatica branch in its initial disintegration stage. Place: Lower Trenta valley, on the trail from 'Na melu' place to 'Na skalah' settlement, at the foot of Mt. Srebnjak, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Growing in groups of many confluent fruit bodies; clump's dimensions up to about 8 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 12,7 [14,2 ; 14,8] 16,3 x 3,6 [4,1 ; 4,3] 4,8 microns, Q = 2,8 [3,4 ; 3,6] 4,2; N = 40; C = 95%, Me = 14,5 x 4,2 microns; Qe = 3,5. Basidia dimensions: 15.7 [18 ; 19.7] 22.1 x 6.1 [9.8 ; 12.3] 16 microns, Q = 1.2 [1.6 ; 1.9] 2.3; N = 15; C = 95%, Me = 18.9 x 11.1 microns; Qe = 1.8. Olympus CH20. NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x, 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) P. Roberts, Exidia nigricans: a new and legitimate name for Exidia plana. Mycotaxon. 109:219-220 (2009) cited in MycoBank.(2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 98. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 584.(4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol. 2.Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 62.(5)
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