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Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus squamosus
Dryad's Saddle
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0210 1955 (2010-02-18)

Copyright © 2010 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Jul 14, 2009
  • latitude 46.31986   longitude 13.52137     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Soèa river bed near Podklopca settlement, west of Bovec, East Julian Alps (Posoèje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: luskasti luknjièar - Habitat: Pebble island of river Soèa, full sun, exposed to direct precipitations, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 350 m (1.150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Alive trunk of Alnus incana sill in bark, downed and transported by high water and deposited on a pebble island of river Soèa. - Comments: Some fresh shoots with buds and young leaves from otherwise rootless trunk show that the trunk is still alive. Spore dimensions: 12.8 (SD=1.0) x 4.6 (SD= 0.53) micr., Q= 2.8 (SD= 0.19), n=33. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei 10, Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 486. M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 314. R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1056.
  • camera   Nikon D70 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_362/2009-1121
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUNGUS
  • common names   Dryad's Saddle, Pheasant's Back Mushroom (photographer)
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