Image of Ascocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf 1971

Description:

Slo.: vijoliasta elatinka - Habitat: Mixed woodland, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, in shade, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 435 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: fallen, rotten, mostly debarked trunk of a broadleaved tree (most probably Acer sp. or less probably Quercus sp., not Fagus sylvatica). - Ref.:(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascocoryne_sarcoides (2). http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5575~gid~~source~gallerydefault.asp . (3) http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/r133599.htm . (4) http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/p1/p10272.php . (5) http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Ascocoryne_sarcoides.html . (6) M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 323. (7) Key to ascocryne, H.O. Barak, E.Weber, Oct (2000). (8) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p154. (9) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 877. (10) email from Mr. Neven Matoec, biologist at Institute Rudjer Bokovi, Zagreb, Croatia. (11) personal communication Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC (Natural History Center) Tolmin, Slovenia.