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Scutellinia kerguelensis
Scutellinia kerguelensis
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0911 1790 (2011-09-19)

Copyright © 2011 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Sep 17, 2011
  • latitude 46.34027   longitude 13.56032     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Bovec basin, Northeast of Bovec, Pod Trnjem place, East Julian Alps (Posoèje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: ? - Habitat: Wet marsh, thicket of tall herbs and (mostly) Salix bushes, flat terrain, muddy ground, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, humid and shady place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 450 m (1.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Water soaked, rotten branch of (probably) Salix sp., about 3 cm (1.2 inch) in diameter, laying on muddy ground. - Comments: Growing in a group of several fruit bodies, sporocarp diameter up to ~6 mm. According to Ref.: (1) spores are so finely warty that warts cannot be seen at 1.000 oil magnification in water. Therefore spores seem smooth in my pictures. Dimensions: 24.2 (SD = 1.4) x 16.1 (SD = 0.8) micr., Q = 1.5 (SD = 0.1), n = 14. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Hairs are about 300 microns long. - Ref.: (1) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 96. (2) M. Svrèek 1971, Ueber einige Arten der Diskomycetengattung Scultellinia, Ceska Myko., 25, pp 77-87. (3) http://www.funghi-bormio.it/Schede/Prati_Alpini/Scutellinia_kerguelensis.htm (4) http://www.errotari.com/Micologiaeuskera/especie.php?4524
  • camera   Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_522/2011_DSC9587
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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