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Inonotus radiatus
Inonotus radiatus
Alder Bracket
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 1211 1895 (2011-12-26)

Copyright © 2011 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Oct 27, 2011
  • latitude 46.33122   longitude 13.52793     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Bovec basin, W of station A of Mt. Kanin cable car, East Julian Alps (Posoèje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: jelšev luknjaè - Habitat: Mixed wood side, rich mixture of Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Alnus incana, Ostrya carpinifolia, Corylus avellana, etc.; W inclined hill slope, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 425 m (1.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead but still standing trunk of a small Alnus incana. - Comments: Growing in a large group. Cap dimensions up to 7 cm (3 inch) long, 3,5 cm (1.4 inch) wide and 3 cm (1.2 inch) thick. Smell indistinctive, flesh corky, moist, relatively soft and easy to cut. Upper surface of vivid colors: golden-brown (oac755 -oac713), ocher brown (oac803), red (oac670). Pore surface brown (oac708) with silvery-gray flesh. SP faint, yellowish (?). All vivid colors of the cups' upper surface faded to brown in 12 hours after cut of. Trama instantly goes black in 5% KOH. - Spores smooth, dimensions: 5.8 (SD = 0.5) x 3.8 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 1.55 (SD = 0.12), n = 30. Large fusoid hymenial setae scattered. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores) and 400 x (setae) in water. - Ref.: (1) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 284. (2) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 310. (3) http://www.mushroomexpert.com/inonotus_radiatus.html . (4) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 320. (5) Personal communication with Mr. Bojan Rot.
  • camera   Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_566/2011_IMG7241
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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  • common names   Alder Bracket (photographer)
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