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Vuilleminia comedens
Vuilleminia comedens
Waxy Crust
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 1111 1079 (2011-11-12)

Copyright © 2011 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Nov 2, 2011
  • latitude 46.33094   longitude 13.52860     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Bovec basin, W of station A of Mt. Kanin cable car Julian Alps (Posoèje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: unièujoèa viljeminka - Habitat: Mixed wood, dominant Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Fraxinus excelsior, Alnus incana, Coryllus avelana; NW hill slope, calcareous ground, in shade, 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: dead branch of Fagus sylvatica, partly still in bark, on ground. - Comments: Length of the fungi surface up to 60 cm (two feet); surface waxy, soft, less than 1 mm thick. Spores smooth, sausage shaped. Dimensions: 18.7 (SD = 1.3) x 5.6 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 3.32 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, Congo red. - Ref.: (1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 322. (2) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Würzzembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 354. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 322. (4) http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp
  • camera   Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_570/2011_IMG7309
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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  • common names   Waxy Crust (photographer)
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