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Biscogniauxia nummularia
Beech Tarerust
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0316 0918 (2016-03-12)Copyright © 2016 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Mar 2, 2016
latitude 46.34040 longitude 13.69445
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Vrsnik valley, next to the trail from 'Pod Vršičem' place to settlement 'Na skali', just below the chapel of Marija Snežna, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: novčičasta skorjederka - mixed wood, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies and Ostrya carpinifolia dominant trees; steep mountain slope, south aspect; shallow, skeletal, calcareous ground; dry and sunny place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 880 m (2.900 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: dead, rotten but still standing Fagus sylvatica trunk and branches mostly still in bark. Comments: Biscogniauxia nummularia is a common fungus in beech and mixed woods of the Upper Soča River region. It can be recognized by more or less round, but many times also confluent and irregular shape, (almost) black spots on rotting trunks and fallen branches of Fagus sylvatica. Spots are flat, not cushion like. Ostioles are rather small and inconspicuous. Spots of this observation were from about 5 mm in diameter to 10 x 2.5 cm large patches and about 1 mm thick. Perithecia have in average 0.7 x 0.55 mm in diameter. Spores smooth, dark. Dimensions: 10,5 [12,1 ; 12,8] 14,4 x 6,4 [7,3 ; 7,8] 8,7 microns; Q = 1,3 [1,6 ; 1,7] 2; N = 25; C = 95%; Me = 12,4 x 7,5 microns; Qe = 1,7. Perithecia dimensions: 592.3 [681.9 ; 744.4] 834.1 x 373.4 [514.6 ; 613] 754.3 microns; Q = 0.9 [1.2 ; 1.4] 1.7; N = 15; C = 95%; Me = 713.2 x 563.8 microns; Qe = 1.3.Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, fresh material. AmScope MA500 digital camera. Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF Ref.: (1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 270. SP 11-14/7-10 (2) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 376. SP 11-14/7-10 (3) L. Hagar, Ottova Encyklopedia Húb, Ottova Nakladatelstvi, Praha (2015) (in Slovakian), p 129.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_935/2016_DSC0440 photo category: Fungi - fungi
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