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Ganoderma applanatum
Ganoderma applanatum
Artist’s Conk
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0212 2612 (2012-02-26)

Copyright © 2012 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Sep 26, 2011
  • latitude 46.34048   longitude 13.56128     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Bovec basin, east of a small marsh near Mala vas settlement, East Julian Alps (Pososčje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: sploščena pološčenka - Habitat: Broadleaf wood edge, in marsh ticket, flat terrain, flysh bedrock, in half shade, very humid place, exposed to precipitations, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 450 m (1.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Slightly rotten log of a cut down large broadleaf tree, still in bark, on ground, most probably Salix sp.. - Comments: Several conks on this log, all apparently young sporocarps, approximate dimensions: length 12 cm, width 7 cm, thickness 3 cm, smell pleasant mushroomy, flesh corky yet still dump, upper cortex thickness about 0.5 mm, SP at home faint of unrecognizable color but abundant at the original place (see pictures), instantly bruising brown. - Spores finely ornamented. Dimensions: 8.5 (SD = 0.6) x 5.6 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 1.52 (SD = 0.12), n = 28. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 232. (2) http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=314302 . (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Würzzembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 419. (4) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 306. (5) http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5940~source~gallerychooserresult.asp . (6) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Würzzembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 419.
  • camera   Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_556/2011_IMG6787
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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  • common names   Artist’s Conk (photographer)
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