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Tubifera ferruginosa
Tubifera ferruginosa
Raspberry Slime Mold
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0711 2173 (2011-07-28)

Copyright © 2011 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Jun 15, 2011
  • latitude 46.32336   longitude 13.58299     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Bovec basin, NW slopes of Javoršèek Mountain, 1.557 m (5.109 feet), toward the end of forest dirty road, East Julian Alps (Posoèje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: oranžna ikrovka - Habitat: Roadside of a dirt forest road surrounded by almost pure Fagus sylvatica forest, NW faced steep mountain slope, calcareous bedrock, quite humid and shady place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 655 m (2.150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: almost completely decomposed trunk of a deciduous tree lying on ground in abundant ground vegetation and bushes; almost certainly not a conifer, most probably Fagus sylvatica. - Comments: Growing in several clusters on a decomposed log. The size of the largest clumps was about 2.5 x 1.5 cm (1 x 0.7 inch). Photographs have been made on three different days, one and five days after the first visit. - Spores finely warty. Dimensions: 6.8 (SD = 0.3) x 6.5 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 1.04 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) B. Ing, The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland,The Richmond Publ. Co.Ltd, (1999), p 95. (2) S.L.Stephenson and H.Stempen, Myxomycetes, Timber Press Inc.(2000), p 159.
  • camera   Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_522/2011_DSC8074
  • photo category: Fungi - mold

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUNGUS
  • common names   Raspberry Slime Mold (photographer)
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