date of photo Jan 21, 2024
latitude 46.36175 longitude 13.70444
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location
Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, right bank of river Soča, next to the abandoned farmhouse Koc, Trenta 3; East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)family
Sarcomyxaceae
notes Slo.: pozna zgručevka, pozni zgručevec - syn.: Acanthocystis serotinus (Pers.) Konrad & Maubl., Crepidopus serotinus (Pers.) Murrill, Hohenbuehelia serotina (Pers.) Singer, Panellus serotinus (Pers.) Kühner, Panus serotinus (Pers.) Kühner, Pleuropus serotinus (Pers.) Zawadzki, Pleurotus serotinus (Pers.) P. Kumm. - Habitat: former grassland around an abandoned and ruined farmhouse, now mixed wood, Ailanthus altissima, and less frequent Fraxinus ornus dominant trees; ground vegetation practically destroyed by highly invasive Ailanthus altissima; slightly inclined mountain slope, SE aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground, humid and relatively warm place, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 615 m (2.020 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: fallen trunk of an Ailanthus altissima in its initial disintegration stage. - Comments: Sarcomyxa serotina is a common mushroom in general, but it is not so frequent in the area of the Julian Alps where I live. It is edible and one of the mushrooms, which thrive mostly in winter as long as the winter is not too severe. It can be found the whole year around, however, in South Germany for example, the likelihood that you find it in December is about 30 times bigger than in July and August (Ref. 5). - Description of the find: several pilei were found, dimensions up to 6.2 x 5.5 cm, pore layer up to 5 mm thick, about 130 full-length gills/360 deg; flesh up to 15 mm thick, firm, 'rubbery'; smell and taste mild, pleasant; SP faint, almost invisible, eventually whitish (?). - Spores are small, cylindrical, somewhat allantoid. Dimensions: (4,2) 4,7 - 5,7 (6,2) × (1) 1,1 - 1,59 (1,6) µm; Q = (3,1)3,3 - 4,5 (5,2); N = 30; Me = 5,1 × 1,3 µm; Qe = 3,9. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); in water, fresh material. AmScope MA500 digital camera on CH20. - Ref.: (1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol. 3., Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 318. (2) https://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=S&l=l&nom=Sarcomyxa%20serotina%20/%20Pleurote%20tardif&tag=Sarcomyxa%20serotina&gro=161 (accessed Jan. 26. 2024) (3) T. Læssøe, J. H. Petersen, Fungi of Temperate Europe, Vol. 1., Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford (2019), p 74. (4) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 232. (5) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 514.camera Sony ILCE6000 / Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar E 16-70 mm/f4
contributor's ID # Bot_1569/2024_DSC4910 photo category: Fungi - fungi
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