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Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad.: Fr.) Hhm, syn.: Mucidula mucida Scrader: Fr.) Patouill.Porcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, DE: Beringter Schleimrbling, Buchen-SchleimrblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Oct. 4. 2014Lat.: 46.35960 Long.: 13.70140Code: Bot_845/2014_DSC4609Habitat: mountain mixed wood, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Fraxinus ornus, Ostrya carpinifolia dominant trees; slightly inclined terrain, southeast aspect; relatively dry and warm place; colluvial, calcareous ground; in shade; elevation 575 m (1.900 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: dead, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica, mostly still in bark.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa; between villages Soa and Trenta; near the trail form Trenta 2b cottage to Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Totally hidden behind the bark of a dead Fagus sylvatica tree this find was a surprise. I still don't know what inspired me to peel off a small piece of the bark what revealed the tiny fruitbodies. The very young pilei were recognized because several half-decayed pilei of the same species were present on the same trunk. The trunk was also infected by Fomes fomentarius, which commonly grow together with Oudemansiella mucida. Also very slimy pilei speak in favor of this determination. An interesting observation: Ref.5., p 491 states that young fruitbodies do not develop huts in no light conditions. This seems not the case with this find. All fruitbodies (even the smallest ones only 2 - 3 mm tall) had huts in spite of the fact that they grew in total darkness. The largest fruitbody was 20 mm tall and the hut had 4 mm in diameter the smallest one was 3.1 mm tall and the hut had 0.8 mm in diameter. Smell almost none, taste mild, indistinctive; no spores have been found.Ref.: (1) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 335. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 200. (4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 308. (5) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 490.
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Flammulina elastica (Sacc.) Redhead & R.H. Petersen, Synonymy: Agaricus elasticus Lasch, Collybia elastica Sacc., Flammulina elastica f. longispora (Bas) Redhead & R.H. Petersen, Flammulina velutipes f. longispora BasEN: no name found, DE: Weiden-Samtfurbling, Langsporiger SamtfurblingFamily: PhysalacriaceaeSlo.: no name foundDat.: Dec. 8. 2019Lat.: 46.358774 Long.: 13.705412Code: Bot_1271/2019_DSC01961Habitat: river bank, at the base of moderately inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, alluvial, stony ground (pebbles); cool, humid, mostly shady place; exposed to direct precipitations; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, air temperature during last few days about -5 deg C during the night and 0-4 deg C during the day; average year temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 530 m (1.740 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, still standing trunk of an old Salix eleagnos.Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta; right bank of river Soa, upstream entrance in a small river gorge between farmhouses Otokar, Trenta 4 and Matev, Trenta 1; East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Flammulina elastica is a beautiful, winter growing species very similar to well-known and common Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes). The name Flammulina is based on the yellow-orange caps, which shine like little flames in the murky winter colored habitats. It is a rather newly separated species (1999). Several differences in the morphology between Flammulina velutipes and Flammulina elastica (however, very variable) are described in literature, but many, if not most of, authors consider both species indistinguishable solely on morphology. Only DNA analyses, sexual incompatibility and spore shape (particularly Q) and dimensions (mostly their length) separate them.Currently Flammulina elastica appears a rare species in Slovenia and elsewhere. It is not included neither in the Boletus Informaticus data base (Ref.: 6) nor in the Operational List of Fungi of Slovenia (Ref. 7). Because Flammulina elastica cannot be separated from Flammulina velutipes without microscopy, hundreds of historical field observations of the latter can actually be the former. Therefore, published distribution maps of both species seem questionable. More than 15 pilei were observed on the trunk from 30 cm above to about 2 m above the ground, most of them were old and hence of very dark color. Pilei diameter 4 - 7.5 cm, stipe length 2.8 - 4 and their diameter 0.5 - 1.4 cm; stipe pliant, firm, like made of soft rubber; taste and smell mild, indistinctive, eventually weakly mushroomy; SP abundant, white, oac909. Photographed in frozen state. With average (at N=44) spore length 9.1 m, about 25% of spores longer than 10 m instead of 'a few only' for Flammulina velutipes according to (Ref.: 5) and Qe = 2.6 this determination seems quite reliable.Spores dimensions: (7.4) 8.2 - 10.6 (11.5) (2.9) 3.2 - 4 (4.1) m; Q = (2.2) 2.3 - 2.8 (3.3); N = 44; Me = 9.1 3.5 m; Qe = 2.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, fresh material, spores from spore print. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Index Herbariorum LJF @ Mycotheca and lichen herbarium of Slovenian Forestry Institute.(1) Personal communication Mr. Bojan Rot,
www. gobenabovskem.si (2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 245. (3)
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www.zdravgozd.si/bi_index.aspx (accessed Dec. 11. 2019)(7) S. erod et all (eds.), Operativni Seznam Gliv Slovenije (Operational List of Fungi of Slovenia), Association of Mycol. Soc. of Slovenia (2013) (in Slovenian).(8)
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Armillaria ostoyae (Romagn) Herink, syn.: Armillariella ostoyae Romagn, Armillaria obscura (Schaeff.) Herink, Armilaria polymyces (Pers. ex Gray) Singer & ClemenconHoney Fungus, DE: Dunkler HallimaschSlo.: rnomekinasta mraznicaDat.: Oct. 6. 2010Lat.: 46.33493 Long.: 13.49766Code: Bot_465/2010_IMG2787Habitat: A widening of a dirt forest road lightly overgrown with grasses and other green plants, semi ruderal place of former forestry activities; mountain slope, south aspect; relatively warm place; locally flat, calcareous ground with a lot of half buried and buried Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica thrown away wood pieces; sunny, open place, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-7 deg C, elevation 870 m (2.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sand and gravel with buried pieces of wood; most probably on Picea abies.Place: South slopes of Mt. Kanin mountain group west of Bovec, lower Gozdec place, next to the dirt road from Bovec to Cable car Kanin station B ela, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Not so far ago this find would be named Armillaria mellea (s.lat.) (aggregate). This group of very variable mushrooms is, based on inter-fertility tests, now divided into Armillaria borealis, Armillaria cepistipes, Armillaria gallica and Armillaria ostoyae (Ref.:1). Armillaria ostoyae is distinguished from other three species by its relatively dark colors, red-brown hut covered by dark scales, which are denser at its center, but extend just to the edge of the hut (and can be washed off by heavy rains). Also, its distinct, white, felted stipe ring resembles a cogwheel with brown tufted tips of the 'teeth' (see Picture 3. and 6.) This mushroom is a virulent parasite on live trees but continues to grow as a saprophyte on its victims, when they are dead. In my environment it is a rather common species usually found on stumps of Picea abies, often in large to very large colonies. This find shows rather old fruitbodies being unusual regarding their habitat. Several tens of mushrooms were growing virtually on sandy and stony flat surface of a dirt road side. However, closer inspection showed that the ground is full of buried wood, most probably of Picea abies.Mushrooms were growing in several dense, tufted groups of several fruit bodies; pileus diameter about 5 (7) cm; taste unpleasant, smell faint, indistinctive; SP abundant, whitish.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 7.3 [8.4 ; 8.9] 10 x 5.5 [6.2 ; 6.5] 7.2 microns; Q = 1.1 [1.3 ; 1.4] 1.6; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 8.6 x 6.4 microns; Qe = 1.4. Motic B2-211A, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 4., Ulmer (2001), p 124.(2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 190. (3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 101.(4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.4., Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 138.(5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 68.
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Flammulina velutipes, probably Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983)Winter Mushroom, Velvet StemSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Dec. 11. 2011Lat.: 46.33440 Long.: 13.59756Code: Bot_581/2011_IMG8137 Habitat: Mainly broadleaf forest next to river bed, locally flat terrain but in a short gorge, calcareous bedrock, very humid place with several springs, mostly in shade, no sun during winter months, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen thick Salix sp. trunk covered by mosses, partly rotten.Place: East Bovec basin, left shore of river Soa downstream of Krovec farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Spore print as well as habitat fit well to Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983). This form is not (yet?) accepted by Index Fungorum however it is discribed in Ref (5). and Ref.(6). from where spore dimensions have been taken for this form. Growing in small groups and solitary, several fruitbodies; pileus diameter up to 6 cm (2.3 inch), sticky cap; SP white. Spore dimensions: 9.3 (SD = 0.6) x 3.5 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.7 (SD = 0.18), n = 30.Ref.:(1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 220. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388. (4) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p32. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389. (6) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p245.
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Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad.: Fr.) Hhm, syn.: Mucidula mucida Scrader: Fr.) Patouill.Porcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, DE: Beringter Schleimrbling, Buchen-SchleimrblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Oct. 4. 2014Lat.: 46.35960 Long.: 13.70140Code: Bot_845/2014_DSC4609Habitat: mountain mixed wood, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Fraxinus ornus, Ostrya carpinifolia dominant trees; slightly inclined terrain, southeast aspect; relatively dry and warm place; colluvial, calcareous ground; in shade; elevation 575 m (1.900 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: dead, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica, mostly still in bark.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa; between villages Soa and Trenta; near the trail form Trenta 2b cottage to Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Totally hidden behind the bark of a dead Fagus sylvatica tree this find was a surprise. I still don't know what inspired me to peel off a small piece of the bark what revealed the tiny fruitbodies. The very young pilei were recognized because several half-decayed pilei of the same species were present on the same trunk. The trunk was also infected by Fomes fomentarius, which commonly grow together with Oudemansiella mucida. Also very slimy pilei speak in favor of this determination. An interesting observation: Ref.5., p 491 states that young fruitbodies do not develop huts in no light conditions. This seems not the case with this find. All fruitbodies (even the smallest ones only 2 - 3 mm tall) had huts in spite of the fact that they grew in total darkness. The largest fruitbody was 20 mm tall and the hut had 4 mm in diameter the smallest one was 3.1 mm tall and the hut had 0.8 mm in diameter. Smell almost none, taste mild, indistinctive; no spores have been found.Ref.: (1) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 335. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 200. (4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 308. (5) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 490.
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Flammulina velutipes, probably Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983)Winter Mushroom, Velvet StemSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Dec. 11. 2011Lat.: 46.33440 Long.: 13.59756Code: Bot_581/2011_IMG8137 Habitat: Mainly broadleaf forest next to river bed, locally flat terrain but in a short gorge, calcareous bedrock, very humid place with several springs, mostly in shade, no sun during winter months, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen thick Salix sp. trunk covered by mosses, partly rotten.Place: East Bovec basin, left shore of river Soa downstream of Krovec farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Spore print as well as habitat fit well to Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983). This form is not (yet?) accepted by Index Fungorum however it is discribed in Ref (5). and Ref.(6). from where spore dimensions have been taken for this form. Growing in small groups and solitary, several fruitbodies; pileus diameter up to 6 cm (2.3 inch), sticky cap; SP white. Spore dimensions: 9.3 (SD = 0.6) x 3.5 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.7 (SD = 0.18), n = 30.Ref.:(1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 220. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388. (4) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p32. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389. (6) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p245.
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Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad.: Fr.) HhmPorcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, Beringter SchleimreblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Oct. 13. 2011Lat.: 46.34001 Long.: 13.71057Code: Bot_560/2011_DSC0186Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees; steep mountain slope; northwest aspect; calcareous ground; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevation 990 m (3.250 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen, large, dead Fagus sylvatica lying on ground, partly still in bark.Place: Vrsnik valley region, above the settlement 'Na skali', at the foot of Mt. Travniki rob, 2.135 m, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Oudemansiella mucida is one of the most beautiful mushrooms I know. It isn't colorful but impresses by its elegant shape and consistency. It is like made from half translucent porcelain and is wonderfully glistering in sun rays protruding through tree canopies because of its gelatinous, wet surface. It is actually a quite common species here around and almost always appears in large numbers on dead, mostly still standing Fagus sylvatica trunks, frequently appearing all along their length.Growing in groups of many fruit bodies, more than 200 fruitbodies found in this observation. Taste and smell indistinctive; SP abundant, white.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 15,4 [17,5 ; 18,4] 20,5 x 13,7 [15,2 ; 15,8] 17,2 microns; Q = 1 [1,1 ; 1,2] 1,3; N = 32; C = 95%; Me = 17,9 x 15,5 microns; Qe = 1,2. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 335. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 200. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 116.(5) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 308.
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Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) SingerVelvet Shank, DE: Gemeiner Samtfussrbling, Gewonlicher SamtfssrublingSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Nov. 28. 2014Lat.: 46.36066 Long.: 13.70907Code: Bot_851/2014_DSC4924Habitat: at the bottom of alpine valley, sawmill depot, next to the main road, flat terrain, full sun, humid place next to a river, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7 - 9 deg C, elevation 550 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: a big log of Juglans regia lying on ground in a pile of timber in a sawmill depot.Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, sawmill Otokar, Trenta 4, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Flammulina velutipes is a striking fungus in several senses in spite of the fact that it is a widespread, common and easy to recognize. First, it is very beautiful mushroom displaying a vibrant contrast between its like fire orange, shiny and half translucent hut and deep black velvety stipe. Its rich colors exemplify an eye-catching contrast to often dull gray-brown mood of late autumn and winter nature in my country or to snow covered habitats. Its pilei withstand very low temperatures. Even completely frozen they recover and grow and sporulate after temperature again rises above freezing point. One can find them from October to March being most frequent in January (Ref.:2.). Another interesting thing is that they need short wavelength light (blue 470 nm and above) to develop pilei and to sporulate (Ref.:2.). I haven't found an explanation why they need it. Generally fungi do not need light since they have no chlorophyll to synthesize their own food.Flammulina velutipes grows as a saprobiont on wood of wide range of broadleaf trees, vast majority of them on Salix sp. and Fagus sylvatica. Fungi I found grew on Juglans regia, which is very seldom recorded. Only four of about thousand observations analyzed in Ref.:2. state Juglans regia as substratum. Taxonomy of this species is complex. Several taxa on f. and var. levels have been described. But, authors do not agree on them and Index Fungorum does not recognize them as valid names. The situation is well illustrated by the fact that there exist about 40 synonyms out of six genera. Also large differences in spore dimensions one can find in literature (see Fig. 2M) somehow confirm this.Pilei photographed grew in several clusters, more than 80 pilei altogether were present; pileus diameter 1.8 - 4.5 cm and height 1.2 - 1.8 cm, upper surface very slimy, stipe diameter 3 - 4 mm above and 3.5 - 7 mm at the base, hollow when mature, tough, fairly fibrous and often flattened or twisted; taste mild slightly on soap; smell very mild but distinct, on bleach?, SP abundant white, oac909.Spores dimensions: 7,0 [7,7 ; 8] 8,7 x 4,2 [4,6 ; 4,8] 5,2 microns; Q = 1,5 [1,6 ; 1,7] 1,8; N = 33; C = 95%; Me = 7,9 x 4,7 microns; Qe = 1,7. 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, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) C. Bas, Flammulina in Western Europe, Persoonia (1983) 12 (1), pp 51-66 (cited in Ref.:2.) (2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 245. (3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170.(4) R. M. Dhncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389.(5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 192. (6) R. Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388.(7)
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Oudemansiella mucidaPorcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, Beringter SchleimrueblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Sept. 30. 2009Lat.: 46.33494 Long.: 13.53047Code: Bot_386/2009-5213Habitat: Mixed, predominantly hardwood woodland, southwest oriented hill slope, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), rain protected by trees canopies, mostly in shade, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Thick dead branch of Fagus Sylvatica on ground.Place: West of Bovec, near the trail to Pluna village, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Spore dimensions: 15,9 (SD=1,4) x 14,9 (SD=1,1) micr., Q=1,08 (SD=0,04), n= 12.Ref.:(1) M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170(2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p xx(3)
www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Oudemansiella_mucida.htm (4)
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Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) SingerVelvet Shank, DE: Gemeiner Samtfussrbling, Gewonlicher SamtfssrublingSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Nov. 28. 2014Lat.: 46.36066 Long.: 13.70907Code: Bot_851/2014_DSC4924Habitat: at the bottom of alpine valley, sawmill depot, next to the main road, flat terrain, full sun, humid place next to a river, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7 - 9 deg C, elevation 550 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: a big log of Juglans regia lying on ground in a pile of timber in a sawmill depot.Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, sawmill Otokar, Trenta 4, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Flammulina velutipes is a striking fungus in several senses in spite of the fact that it is a widespread, common and easy to recognize. First, it is very beautiful mushroom displaying a vibrant contrast between its like fire orange, shiny and half translucent hut and deep black velvety stipe. Its rich colors exemplify an eye-catching contrast to often dull gray-brown mood of late autumn and winter nature in my country or to snow covered habitats. Its pilei withstand very low temperatures. Even completely frozen they recover and grow and sporulate after temperature again rises above freezing point. One can find them from October to March being most frequent in January (Ref.:2.). Another interesting thing is that they need short wavelength light (blue 470 nm and above) to develop pilei and to sporulate (Ref.:2.). I haven't found an explanation why they need it. Generally fungi do not need light since they have no chlorophyll to synthesize their own food.Flammulina velutipes grows as a saprobiont on wood of wide range of broadleaf trees, vast majority of them on Salix sp. and Fagus sylvatica. Fungi I found grew on Juglans regia, which is very seldom recorded. Only four of about thousand observations analyzed in Ref.:2. state Juglans regia as substratum. Taxonomy of this species is complex. Several taxa on f. and var. levels have been described. But, authors do not agree on them and Index Fungorum does not recognize them as valid names. The situation is well illustrated by the fact that there exist about 40 synonyms out of six genera. Also large differences in spore dimensions one can find in literature (see Fig. 2M) somehow confirm this.Pilei photographed grew in several clusters, more than 80 pilei altogether were present; pileus diameter 1.8 - 4.5 cm and height 1.2 - 1.8 cm, upper surface very slimy, stipe diameter 3 - 4 mm above and 3.5 - 7 mm at the base, hollow when mature, tough, fairly fibrous and often flattened or twisted; taste mild slightly on soap; smell very mild but distinct, on bleach?, SP abundant white, oac909.Spores dimensions: 7,0 [7,7 ; 8] 8,7 x 4,2 [4,6 ; 4,8] 5,2 microns; Q = 1,5 [1,6 ; 1,7] 1,8; N = 33; C = 95%; Me = 7,9 x 4,7 microns; Qe = 1,7. 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, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) C. Bas, Flammulina in Western Europe, Persoonia (1983) 12 (1), pp 51-66 (cited in Ref.:2.) (2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 245. (3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170.(4) R. M. Dhncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389.(5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 192. (6) R. Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388.(7)
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Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad.: Fr.) HhmPorcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, Beringter SchleimreblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Oct. 13. 2011Lat.: 46.34001 Long.: 13.71057Code: Bot_560/2011_DSC0186Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees; steep mountain slope; northwest aspect; calcareous ground; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevation 990 m (3.250 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen, large, dead Fagus sylvatica lying on ground, partly still in bark.Place: Vrsnik valley region, above the settlement 'Na skali', at the foot of Mt. Travniki rob, 2.135 m, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Oudemansiella mucida is one of the most beautiful mushrooms I know. It isn't colorful but impresses by its elegant shape and consistency. It is like made from half translucent porcelain and is wonderfully glistering in sun rays protruding through tree canopies because of its gelatinous, wet surface. It is actually a quite common species here around and almost always appears in large numbers on dead, mostly still standing Fagus sylvatica trunks, frequently appearing all along their length.Growing in groups of many fruit bodies, more than 200 fruitbodies found in this observation. Taste and smell indistinctive; SP abundant, white.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 15,4 [17,5 ; 18,4] 20,5 x 13,7 [15,2 ; 15,8] 17,2 microns; Q = 1 [1,1 ; 1,2] 1,3; N = 32; C = 95%; Me = 17,9 x 15,5 microns; Qe = 1,2. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 335. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 200. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 116.(5) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 308.
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Flammulina velutipes, probably Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983)Winter Mushroom, Velvet StemSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Dec. 11. 2011Lat.: 46.33440 Long.: 13.59756Code: Bot_581/2011_IMG8137 Habitat: Mainly broadleaf forest next to river bed, locally flat terrain but in a short gorge, calcareous bedrock, very humid place with several springs, mostly in shade, no sun during winter months, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen thick Salix sp. trunk covered by mosses, partly rotten.Place: East Bovec basin, left shore of river Soa downstream of Krovec farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Spore print as well as habitat fit well to Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983). This form is not (yet?) accepted by Index Fungorum however it is discribed in Ref (5). and Ref.(6). from where spore dimensions have been taken for this form. Growing in small groups and solitary, several fruitbodies; pileus diameter up to 6 cm (2.3 inch), sticky cap; SP white. Spore dimensions: 9.3 (SD = 0.6) x 3.5 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.7 (SD = 0.18), n = 30.Ref.:(1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 220. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388. (4) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p32. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389. (6) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p245.
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Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad.: Fr.) HhmPorcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, Beringter SchleimreblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Oct. 13. 2011Lat.: 46.34001 Long.: 13.71057Code: Bot_560/2011_DSC0186Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees; steep mountain slope; northwest aspect; calcareous ground; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevation 990 m (3.250 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen, large, dead Fagus sylvatica lying on ground, partly still in bark.Place: Vrsnik valley region, above the settlement 'Na skali', at the foot of Mt. Travniki rob, 2.135 m, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Oudemansiella mucida is one of the most beautiful mushrooms I know. It isn't colorful but impresses by its elegant shape and consistency. It is like made from half translucent porcelain and is wonderfully glistering in sun rays protruding through tree canopies because of its gelatinous, wet surface. It is actually a quite common species here around and almost always appears in large numbers on dead, mostly still standing Fagus sylvatica trunks, frequently appearing all along their length.Growing in groups of many fruit bodies, more than 200 fruitbodies found in this observation. Taste and smell indistinctive; SP abundant, white.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 15,4 [17,5 ; 18,4] 20,5 x 13,7 [15,2 ; 15,8] 17,2 microns; Q = 1 [1,1 ; 1,2] 1,3; N = 32; C = 95%; Me = 17,9 x 15,5 microns; Qe = 1,2. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 335. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 200. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 116.(5) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 308.
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Flammulina velutipes, probably Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983)Winter Mushroom, Velvet StemSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Dec. 11. 2011Lat.: 46.33440 Long.: 13.59756Code: Bot_581/2011_IMG8137 Habitat: Mainly broadleaf forest next to river bed, locally flat terrain but in a short gorge, calcareous bedrock, very humid place with several springs, mostly in shade, no sun during winter months, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen thick Salix sp. trunk covered by mosses, partly rotten.Place: East Bovec basin, left shore of river Soa downstream of Krovec farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Spore print as well as habitat fit well to Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983). This form is not (yet?) accepted by Index Fungorum however it is discribed in Ref (5). and Ref.(6). from where spore dimensions have been taken for this form. Growing in small groups and solitary, several fruitbodies; pileus diameter up to 6 cm (2.3 inch), sticky cap; SP white. Spore dimensions: 9.3 (SD = 0.6) x 3.5 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.7 (SD = 0.18), n = 30.Ref.:(1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 220. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388. (4) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p32. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389. (6) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p245.
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Oudemansiella mucidaPorcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, Beringter SchleimrueblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Sept. 30. 2009Lat.: 46.33494 Long.: 13.53047Code: Bot_386/2009-5213Habitat: Mixed, predominantly hardwood woodland, southwest oriented hill slope, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), rain protected by trees canopies, mostly in shade, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Thick dead branch of Fagus Sylvatica on ground.Place: West of Bovec, near the trail to Pluna village, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Spore dimensions: 15,9 (SD=1,4) x 14,9 (SD=1,1) micr., Q=1,08 (SD=0,04), n= 12.Ref.:(1) M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170(2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p xx(3)
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Flammulina velutipes, probably Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983)Winter Mushroom, Velvet StemSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Dec. 11. 2011Lat.: 46.33440 Long.: 13.59756Code: Bot_581/2011_IMG8137 Habitat: Mainly broadleaf forest next to river bed, locally flat terrain but in a short gorge, calcareous bedrock, very humid place with several springs, mostly in shade, no sun during winter months, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen thick Salix sp. trunk covered by mosses, partly rotten.Place: East Bovec basin, left shore of river Soa downstream of Krovec farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Spore print as well as habitat fit well to Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983). This form is not (yet?) accepted by Index Fungorum however it is discribed in Ref (5). and Ref.(6). from where spore dimensions have been taken for this form. Growing in small groups and solitary, several fruitbodies; pileus diameter up to 6 cm (2.3 inch), sticky cap; SP white. Spore dimensions: 9.3 (SD = 0.6) x 3.5 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.7 (SD = 0.18), n = 30.Ref.:(1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 220. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388. (4) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p32. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389. (6) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p245.
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Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad.: Fr.) HhmPorcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, Beringter SchleimreblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Oct. 13. 2011Lat.: 46.34001 Long.: 13.71057Code: Bot_560/2011_DSC0186Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees; steep mountain slope; northwest aspect; calcareous ground; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevation 990 m (3.250 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen, large, dead Fagus sylvatica lying on ground, partly still in bark.Place: Vrsnik valley region, above the settlement 'Na skali', at the foot of Mt. Travniki rob, 2.135 m, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Oudemansiella mucida is one of the most beautiful mushrooms I know. It isn't colorful but impresses by its elegant shape and consistency. It is like made from half translucent porcelain and is wonderfully glistering in sun rays protruding through tree canopies because of its gelatinous, wet surface. It is actually a quite common species here around and almost always appears in large numbers on dead, mostly still standing Fagus sylvatica trunks, frequently appearing all along their length.Growing in groups of many fruit bodies, more than 200 fruitbodies found in this observation. Taste and smell indistinctive; SP abundant, white.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 15,4 [17,5 ; 18,4] 20,5 x 13,7 [15,2 ; 15,8] 17,2 microns; Q = 1 [1,1 ; 1,2] 1,3; N = 32; C = 95%; Me = 17,9 x 15,5 microns; Qe = 1,2. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 335. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 200. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 116.(5) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 308.
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Photographed in Mt Field National Park, along the Russell and Horseshoe Falls track.Ok, I think this could be Flammulina velutipes... or maybe Collybia eucalyptorum? I'm not sure which. The caps were very smooth and shiny and only had a small umbo. The stipes were very dark and velvety-looking. I've only just noticed the smaller fungi in amongst them... Oh well, something else to try to identify!
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Oudemansiella mucidaPorcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, Beringter SchleimrueblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Sept. 30. 2009Lat.: 46.33494 Long.: 13.53047Code: Bot_386/2009-5213Habitat: Mixed, predominantly hardwood woodland, southwest oriented hill slope, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), rain protected by trees canopies, mostly in shade, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Thick dead branch of Fagus Sylvatica on ground.Place: West of Bovec, near the trail to Pluna village, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Spore dimensions: 15,9 (SD=1,4) x 14,9 (SD=1,1) micr., Q=1,08 (SD=0,04), n= 12.Ref.:(1) M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170(2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p xx(3)
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Flammulina velutipes, probably Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983)Winter Mushroom, Velvet StemSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Dec. 11. 2011Lat.: 46.33440 Long.: 13.59756Code: Bot_581/2011_IMG8137 Habitat: Mainly broadleaf forest next to river bed, locally flat terrain but in a short gorge, calcareous bedrock, very humid place with several springs, mostly in shade, no sun during winter months, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen thick Salix sp. trunk covered by mosses, partly rotten.Place: East Bovec basin, left shore of river Soa downstream of Krovec farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Spore print as well as habitat fit well to Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983). This form is not (yet?) accepted by Index Fungorum however it is discribed in Ref (5). and Ref.(6). from where spore dimensions have been taken for this form. Growing in small groups and solitary, several fruitbodies; pileus diameter up to 6 cm (2.3 inch), sticky cap; SP white. Spore dimensions: 9.3 (SD = 0.6) x 3.5 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.7 (SD = 0.18), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Congo Red. Ref.:(1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 220. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388. (4) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p32. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389. (6) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p245.
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Oudemansiella mucidaPorcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, Beringter SchleimrueblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Sept. 30. 2009Lat.: 46.33494 Long.: 13.53047Code: Bot_386/2009-5213Habitat: Mixed, predominantly hardwood woodland, southwest oriented hill slope, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), rain protected by trees canopies, mostly in shade, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Thick dead branch of Fagus Sylvatica on ground.Place: West of Bovec, near the trail to Pluna village, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Spore dimensions: 15,9 (SD=1,4) x 14,9 (SD=1,1) micr., Q=1,08 (SD=0,04), n= 12.Ref.:(1) M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170(2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p xx(3)
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Flammulina velutipes, probably Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983)Winter Mushroom, Velvet StemSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Dec. 11. 2011Lat.: 46.33440 Long.: 13.59756Code: Bot_581/2011_IMG8137 Habitat: Mainly broadleaf forest next to river bed, locally flat terrain but in a short gorge, calcareous bedrock, very humid place with several springs, mostly in shade, no sun during winter months, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen thick Salix sp. trunk covered by mosses, partly rotten.Place: East Bovec basin, left shore of river Soa downstream of Krovec farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Young fruitbodies! Spore print as well as habitat fit well to Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983). This form is not (yet?) accepted by Index Fungorum however it is discribed in Ref (5). and Ref.(6). from where spore dimensions have been taken for this form. Growing in small groups and solitary, several fruitbodies; pileus diameter up to 6 cm (2.3 inch), sticky cap; SP white. Spore dimensions: 9.3 (SD = 0.6) x 3.5 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.7 (SD = 0.18), n = 30.Ref.:(1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 220. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388. (4) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p32. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389. (6) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p245.
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Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad.: Fr.) Hhm, syn.: Mucidula mucida Scrader: Fr.) Patouill.Porcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, DE: Beringter Schleimrbling, Buchen-SchleimrblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Oct. 4. 2014Lat.: 46.35960 Long.: 13.70140Code: Bot_845/2014_DSC4609Habitat: mountain mixed wood, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Fraxinus ornus, Ostrya carpinifolia dominant trees; slightly inclined terrain, southeast aspect; relatively dry and warm place; colluvial, calcareous ground; in shade; elevation 575 m (1.900 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: dead, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica, mostly still in bark.Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soa; between villages Soa and Trenta; near the trail form Trenta 2b cottage to Strgulc abandoned farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Totally hidden behind the bark of a dead Fagus sylvatica tree this find was a surprise. I still don't know what inspired me to peel off a small piece of the bark what revealed the tiny fruitbodies. The very young pilei were recognized because several half-decayed pilei of the same species were present on the same trunk. The trunk was also infected by Fomes fomentarius, which commonly grow together with Oudemansiella mucida. Also very slimy pilei speak in favor of this determination. An interesting observation: Ref.5., p 491 states that young fruitbodies do not develop huts in no light conditions. This seems not the case with this find. All fruitbodies (even the smallest ones only 2 - 3 mm tall) had huts in spite of the fact that they grew in total darkness. The largest fruitbody was 20 mm tall and the hut had 4 mm in diameter the smallest one was 3.1 mm tall and the hut had 0.8 mm in diameter. Smell almost none, taste mild, indistinctive; no spores have been found.Ref.: (1) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 335. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 200. (4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 308. (5) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 490.