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Discina perlata
Pig's Ears
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0316 2433 (2016-03-24)Copyright © 2016 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Mar 11, 2016
latitude 46.36118 longitude 13.70172
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Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, right bank of river Soča, Na Melu place near cottage Trenta 2b, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: široki hrček - syn.: Gyromitra perlata (Fr.: Fr.) Harm., Gyromitra ancilis (pers. ex Fr.) Kreisel - Habitat: grassland, pasture, moderately southeast inclined mountain slope at the foot of a mountain; shallow, skeletal, calcareous soil; old overgrown colluvial ground; dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 630 m (2.070 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: small Picea abies stump, almost totally decomposed. Comments: Growing solitary. Pileus diameter 14 mm, stipe 3 mm long and 5 mm in diameter; very gelatinous, specially hymenium; very young not yet mature; smell none; no SP; neither mature asci nor spores seen. Discina perlata is an early spring lignicolous species growing almost exclusively on Picea abies. When mature it can have over ten cm in diameter. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (hymenium, context, mycelia), 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 Captures: Picture M3 Hymenium close to the center of the cup. Picture M4 Hymenium close to the edge of the cup. Picture M5 Context under hymenium. Picture M6 Mycelium among wood fibers. Ref.: (1) Personal communication. Id'ed by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, Tolmin. (2) G. Medardi, Atlante fotografico degli Ascomiceti d'Italia, A.M.B. Centro Studi Micologici (2012) (in Italian with English keys), p 53. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 64. (4) L. Hagar, Ottova Encyklopedia Húb, Ottova Nakladatelstvi, Praha (2015) (in Slovakian), p 40. (5) W. Rothmaler, Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Vol.1, Niedere Pflanzen, Elsevier, 3.Auflage, (1994), p 270.camera AmScope MA500
contributor's ID # Bot_936/2016_DSC0518 photo category: Fungi - fungi
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