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Scleroderma citrinum
Scleroderma citrinum
Common Earthball
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0313 2196 (2013-03-14)

Copyright © 2013 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Sep 27, 2012
  • latitude 46.33499   longitude 13.53051     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Bovec basin, west of Bovec, near the trail from station A of the Kanin cable car to village Plužna, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Habitat: Mixed forest, deciduous trees dominant, flat terrain, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, in shade, relatively moist place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevations 420 m (1.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: Growing in a group of several sporocarps. Sporocarp’s diameter up to 8.5 cm, up to 6,5 cm tall; sporocarp’s wall thickness up to 2.8 mm; sporocarp ocher-gold (oac804), squamules deep brown (oac735), gleba gray-brown with greenish tint (oac868). - Spores with coarse ornamentation. Dimensions: 10.7 (SD = 0.7) x 10.5 (SD = 0.6) ?, Q = 1.02 (SD = 0.07), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium of Slovenian Forestry nstitute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF - Ref.: (1) http://www.mushroomexpert.com/scleroderma_citrinum.html (2) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 332. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 302. (4) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 428. (5) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Württembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p 176.
  • camera   Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_658/2012_DSC5116
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUNGUS
  • common names   Common Earthball (photographer)
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