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Endocarpon pulvinatum
Pulvinate Chalice Lichen
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0609 1031 (2009-06-06)Copyright © 2009 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Mar 3, 2009
latitude 46.30095 longitude 13.49621
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location
SW slopes of Mt. Polovnik ridge, left bank of river Soca, downstream of village Log Cezsoški, East Julian Alps (Posocje, Slovenia)notes Habitat: Scree slopes with boulders under southwest slopes of a mountain, fully exposed to sun, partly protected against direct rain, precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: calcareous boulder, in a crevice, vertically oriented. - Comment: Determination highly uncertain. Based on field characters only. E. pulvinatum is not mentioned in U. Suppan, J. Pruegger, and H. Mayrhofer, The Catalogue of the lichenized and lichenicolous fungi of Slovenia, Lichen biodiversity in Slovenia (2000), Uni. Graz, (http://members.chello.at/johannes.pruegger/uni/slovenia/ ). Description: Squamules from concave elliptic to almost round in cross-section, mostly the broadest in the upper part, all around with a thin, dark, almost black, quite hard cortex and a thin but distinct, vivid green, alga layer beneath. Inside is filled with a whitish, rather loose net of hyphae fibers. Peritecia mouths can not be seen by 10x magnifier. Ref.: I.Brodo, S.Sharnoff, S.Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, Yale Uni. Press (2001), p308.camera Nikon D70 / Nikorr Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_325/2009-6678 photo category: Fungi - lichen
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