Hericium flagellum (Scopoli 1772) Person 1825, syn.: Hericium alpestre Person 1825, Hericium coralloides ss. auct. non ss. orig.Slo.: jelkov bradovecDat.: Oct. 30. 2011Lat.: 46.36104 Long.: 13.75795Code: Bot_568/2011_DSC0740 Habitat: Steep W faced mountain slope, mixed wood, calcareous ground, humid and cold place with little sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 3-5 deg C, elevation 1.150 m (3.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: fairly rotten large trunk of conifer tree, laying on ground, debarked, Picea abies or Abies alba.Place: Lower Trenta valley, Planina Lepo, near the trail to Prehodavci mountain hut, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter about 20 cm (8 inch), taste and smell mild, slightly aged specimen, SP white (oac900), contex white (oac900-909), spines beige--yellow (oac858); KOH on spines slow, golden yellow, on trama almost absent (slightly yellow?).Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "R" representing a rare species.Spores mostly smooth; some show faint fine surface pattern (?) (see arrows on spore picture), thick walled, with one oil drop. Dimensions: 5.5 (SD = 0.3) x 4.9 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 1.12 (SD = 0.05), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p 99. (2)
champignons.moselle.free.fr/cha/hericium_flagellum_1.htm . (3)
www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=469436 .(4)
www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Hericium_flagellum.htm .
