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Tectella patellaris
Tectella patellaris
Veiled Oyster
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 1211 1362 (2011-12-19)

Copyright © 2011 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Dec 6, 2011
  • latitude 46.33411   longitude 13.52978     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Bovec basin, west of Bovec, near the trail from station A of the Kanin cable car to village Plužna, East Julian Alps (Posoèje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: zastrta pogaèica - Syn.: Tectella operculata, Panus operculatus - Habitat: Mixed forest, deciduous trees dominant, flat terrain, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, in shade, relatively moist place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevations 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead branch of Corylus avelana laying on ground. The same branch infected also with Plicaturopsis crispa and Tremella mesenterica. - Comments: Growing in a group of many fruitbodies. Partial veil visible on young mushrooms as well as on mature ones. The partial veil on a steamless agarics is very unusual. Cuticle of pileus sticky, with a thick gelatinous layer, which can be separated from pileus. Cap width from 0.8 cm (0.3 inch) to 1.8 cm (0.7 inch). Taste indistinctive, smell distinctive, aromatic, on ?. SP whitish, faint. - Spore dimensions: 4.2 (SD = 0.3) x 1.4 (SD = 0.1) micr., Q = 3.1 (SD = 0.25), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Congo Red. - Ref.: (1) http://www.svims.ca/council/Pleuro.htm . (2) http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=445571 . (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Württembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p 520. (4) http://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=28&l=g&nom=Tectella operculata / Pan en assiette&tag=Tectella operculata&gro=28 3-5 x 1-1,5 (5) http://www.tintling.ch/fachbeitraege/panellus_schmitt.htm . (6) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614610000875
  • camera   Motic B2-211A and Nikon D700/Nikkor 50mm/f1.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_580/2011_IMG7992
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUNGUS
  • common names   Veiled Oyster (photographer)
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