Gloeophyllum-odoratum_21

Description:

Gloeophyllum odoratumSlo.: diea tramovkaDat.: Jan. 21. 2011Lat.: 46.32575 Long.: 13.51576Code: Bot_483/2011_IMG3491 Habitat: Small meadow with several Picea abies stups, almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, old overgrown river deposits, shallow soil layer, sunny and high air humidity place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked partly rotten Picea abies stumps.Place: Bovec basin, right bank of Gljun stream near water power plant Pluna, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Many fruitbodies on five tree stumps. Pileus up to 15 cm (6 inch) wide. Very characteristic pleasant smell. Hard corky trama. SP very faint, color indistinctive, whitish-grayish. Spore dimensions: Smooth, 9.0 (SD = 0.7) x 3.2 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2,76 (SD = 0.24), n = 30. Ref:(1) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p244. (2) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~12145~so... (3) www.gobe.si/Gobe/GloeophyllumOdoratum . (4) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Gloeophyllum_odoratum.htm .