Crepidotus mollis (Schff.:Fr.) Kumm.var. mollis

Peeling Oysterling, Soft slipper, Jelly Creep, DE: Gallertfleischiges Stummelfüsschen, Gallertfleischiger Krüppelfuss

Slo.: zdrizasta postrančica

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5207

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, a average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, stump of a cut down Salix eleagnos.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča, slightly downstream from farmhouse Matevž, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: Growing in a group of five pilei; pilei small or still young; pilei across 0.9 - 2 cm, maximally 7 mm thick; pilei with gelatinous cutis easily peeling off, very sticky; stipe absent, some white mycelium present at the point of attachment; taste mild, indistinctive, smell none; flesh soft, pliant, watery; SP abundant, neutral brown, oac783.

I follow taxonomy given in Krieglsteiner (2001) who distinguishes two varieties of Crepidotus mollis, var. mollis and var. calolepsis. The latter on has scales on its pileus (which was not the case in my find) and is considered by some authors as a separate species.

Spores smooth. Spore dimensions: 7.3 [8.1 ; 8.5] 9.4 x 4.9 [5.3 ; 5.5] 5.8 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7; N = 35; C = 95%; Me = 8.3 x 5.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. Basidia dimensions: 17.3 [22.5 ; 26.1] 31.3 x 6.1 [6.9 ; 7.4] 8.2 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.2 ; 3.6] 4.3; N = 15; C = 95%; Me = 24.3 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 3.4. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to slenderly lageniform. Dimensions: 37.9 [44 ; 51.5] 57.7 x 4.7 [6.3 ; 8.2] 9.7 microns; Q = 5.3 [6.2 ; 7.3] 8.2; N = 7; C = 95%; Me = 47.8 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 6.7. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (all other pictures) in water, all live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 300.

(2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 390.

(3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 269.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 4., Ulmer (2001), p 434.

Wright Streetdeck

Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.:Fr.) Karst., syn.: Boletus crispus Pers.

Smoky Bracket, DE: Angebrannter Rauchporling

Slo.: osmojena bjerkandera

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5245

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, a stump of cut down Salix eleagnos in its late initial phase of disintegration.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča between villages Soča and Trenta, 50 m downstream of the bridge to the farmhouse 'Matevž', Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: There exist two species of the genus Bjerkandera growing in Europe and also in Slovenia: Bjerkandera adusta and Bjerkandera fumosa. Both have very variable and irregular habitus and can be found pileate, effuse reflexed and also totally resupinate. Bjerkandera adusta is more common and can be distinguished from Bjerkandera fumosa by its very, very small more or less angular pores (5-7/mm), darker gray pore surface with pale margin and smaller spores. But distinguishing is not always easy. Bjerkandera adusta can be found during the whole year but it sporulates only at temperatures below 10 deg C (Ref.:4). So, one can hope to get spore print only during colder seasons of my country. Generally in the literature the pilei are described as azonate or only weakly zonate, however when they are very young this apparently doesn't hold (see Fig.4).

Growing in imbricate groups of several fruit bodies; pilei 1.2 - 2.8 cm across, trama pale brown, corky-fibrous (cannot be chewed over but can be nicely cut with a razor), up to 4.5 mm thick, pore layer dark-grey and distinctly darker then trama, about 1 mm thick; stipe absent; taste mild, slightly unpleasant but not bitter; smell on sour earth similar to Trametes versicolor; SP faint, whitish.

Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4.1 [4.5 ; 4.7] 5.1 x 2.6 [2.9 ; 3] 3.4 microns; Q = 1.3 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.8; N = 37; C = 95%; Me = 4.6 x 3 microns; Qe = 1.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.S

(2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 316.

(3) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, part 1., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1993), p 168.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 486.

(5) A. Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceaes.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 139.

Crepidotus mollis (Schff.:Fr.) Kumm.var. mollis

Peeling Oysterling, Soft slipper, Jelly Creep, DE: Gallertfleischiges Stummelfüsschen, Gallertfleischiger Krüppelfuss

Slo.: zdrizasta postrančica

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5207

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, a average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, stump of a cut down Salix eleagnos.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča, slightly downstream from farmhouse Matevž, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: Growing in a group of five pilei; pilei small or still young; pilei across 0.9 - 2 cm, maximally 7 mm thick; pilei with gelatinous cutis easily peeling off, very sticky; stipe absent, some white mycelium present at the point of attachment; taste mild, indistinctive, smell none; flesh soft, pliant, watery; SP abundant, neutral brown, oac783.

I follow taxonomy given in Krieglsteiner (2001) who distinguishes two varieties of Crepidotus mollis, var. mollis and var. calolepsis. The latter on has scales on its pileus (which was not the case in my find) and is considered by some authors as a separate species.

Spores smooth. Spore dimensions: 7.3 [8.1 ; 8.5] 9.4 x 4.9 [5.3 ; 5.5] 5.8 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7; N = 35; C = 95%; Me = 8.3 x 5.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. Basidia dimensions: 17.3 [22.5 ; 26.1] 31.3 x 6.1 [6.9 ; 7.4] 8.2 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.2 ; 3.6] 4.3; N = 15; C = 95%; Me = 24.3 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 3.4. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to slenderly lageniform. Dimensions: 37.9 [44 ; 51.5] 57.7 x 4.7 [6.3 ; 8.2] 9.7 microns; Q = 5.3 [6.2 ; 7.3] 8.2; N = 7; C = 95%; Me = 47.8 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 6.7. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (all other pictures) in water, all live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 300.

(2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 390.

(3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 269.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 4., Ulmer (2001), p 434.

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Fotógrafo: Mário Novais (1899-1967)

Data da produção da fotografia original 1956.

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Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.:Fr.) Karst., syn.: Boletus crispus Pers.

Smoky Bracket, DE: Angebrannter Rauchporling

Slo.: osmojena bjerkandera

These were very young fruit bodies, with still white or pale gray pore surface, with very, very small still developing pores.

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5245

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, a stump of cut down Salix eleagnos in its late initial phase of disintegration.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča between villages Soča and Trenta, 50 m downstream of the bridge to the farmhouse 'Matevž', Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: There exist two species of the genus Bjerkandera growing in Europe and also in Slovenia: Bjerkandera adusta and Bjerkandera fumosa. Both have very variable and irregular habitus and can be found pileate, effuse reflexed and also totally resupinate. Bjerkandera adusta is more common and can be distinguished from Bjerkandera fumosa by its very, very small more or less angular pores (5-7/mm), darker gray pore surface with pale margin and smaller spores. But distinguishing is not always easy. Bjerkandera adusta can be found during the whole year but it sporulates only at temperatures below 10 deg C (Ref.:4). So, one can hope to get spore print only during colder seasons of my country. Generally in the literature the pilei are described as azonate or only weakly zonate, however when they are very young this apparently doesn't hold (see Fig.4).

Growing in imbricate groups of several fruit bodies; pilei 1.2 - 2.8 cm across, trama pale brown, corky-fibrous (cannot be chewed over but can be nicely cut with a razor), up to 4.5 mm thick, pore layer dark-grey and distinctly darker then trama, about 1 mm thick; stipe absent; taste mild, slightly unpleasant but not bitter; smell on sour earth similar to Trametes versicolor; SP faint, whitish.

Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4.1 [4.5 ; 4.7] 5.1 x 2.6 [2.9 ; 3] 3.4 microns; Q = 1.3 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.8; N = 37; C = 95%; Me = 4.6 x 3 microns; Qe = 1.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.S

(2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 316.

(3) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, part 1., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1993), p 168.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 486.

(5) A. Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceaes.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 139.

Crepidotus mollis (Schff.:Fr.) Kumm.var. mollis

Peeling Oysterling, Soft slipper, Jelly Creep, DE: Gallertfleischiges Stummelfüsschen, Gallertfleischiger Krüppelfuss

Slo.: zdrizasta postrančica

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5207

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, a average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, stump of a cut down Salix eleagnos.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča, slightly downstream from farmhouse Matevž, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: Growing in a group of five pilei; pilei small or still young; pilei across 0.9 - 2 cm, maximally 7 mm thick; pilei with gelatinous cutis easily peeling off, very sticky; stipe absent, some white mycelium present at the point of attachment; taste mild, indistinctive, smell none; flesh soft, pliant, watery; SP abundant, neutral brown, oac783.

I follow taxonomy given in Krieglsteiner (2001) who distinguishes two varieties of Crepidotus mollis, var. mollis and var. calolepsis. The latter on has scales on its pileus (which was not the case in my find) and is considered by some authors as a separate species.

Spores smooth. Spore dimensions: 7.3 [8.1 ; 8.5] 9.4 x 4.9 [5.3 ; 5.5] 5.8 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7; N = 35; C = 95%; Me = 8.3 x 5.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. Basidia dimensions: 17.3 [22.5 ; 26.1] 31.3 x 6.1 [6.9 ; 7.4] 8.2 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.2 ; 3.6] 4.3; N = 15; C = 95%; Me = 24.3 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 3.4. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to slenderly lageniform. Dimensions: 37.9 [44 ; 51.5] 57.7 x 4.7 [6.3 ; 8.2] 9.7 microns; Q = 5.3 [6.2 ; 7.3] 8.2; N = 7; C = 95%; Me = 47.8 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 6.7. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (all other pictures) in water, all live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 300.

(2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 390.

(3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 269.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 4., Ulmer (2001), p 434.

Crepidotus mollis (Schff.:Fr.) Kumm.var. mollis

Peeling Oysterling, Soft slipper, Jelly Creep, DE: Gallertfleischiges Stummelfüsschen, Gallertfleischiger Krüppelfuss

Slo.: zdrizasta postrančica

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5207

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, a average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, stump of a cut down Salix eleagnos.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča, slightly downstream from farmhouse Matevž, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: Growing in a group of five pilei; pilei small or still young; pilei across 0.9 - 2 cm, maximally 7 mm thick; pilei with gelatinous cutis easily peeling off, very sticky; stipe absent, some white mycelium present at the point of attachment; taste mild, indistinctive, smell none; flesh soft, pliant, watery; SP abundant, neutral brown, oac783.

I follow taxonomy given in Krieglsteiner (2001) who distinguishes two varieties of Crepidotus mollis, var. mollis and var. calolepsis. The latter on has scales on its pileus (which was not the case in my find) and is considered by some authors as a separate species.

Spores smooth. Spore dimensions: 7.3 [8.1 ; 8.5] 9.4 x 4.9 [5.3 ; 5.5] 5.8 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7; N = 35; C = 95%; Me = 8.3 x 5.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. Basidia dimensions: 17.3 [22.5 ; 26.1] 31.3 x 6.1 [6.9 ; 7.4] 8.2 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.2 ; 3.6] 4.3; N = 15; C = 95%; Me = 24.3 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 3.4. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to slenderly lageniform. Dimensions: 37.9 [44 ; 51.5] 57.7 x 4.7 [6.3 ; 8.2] 9.7 microns; Q = 5.3 [6.2 ; 7.3] 8.2; N = 7; C = 95%; Me = 47.8 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 6.7. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (all other pictures) in water, all live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 300.

(2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 390.

(3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 269.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 4., Ulmer (2001), p 434.

Crepidotus mollis (Schff.:Fr.) Kumm.var. mollis

Peeling Oysterling, Soft slipper, Jelly Creep, DE: Gallertfleischiges Stummelfüsschen, Gallertfleischiger Krüppelfuss

Slo.: zdrizasta postrančica

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5207

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, a average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, stump of a cut down Salix eleagnos.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča, slightly downstream from farmhouse Matevž, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: Growing in a group of five pilei; pilei small or still young; pilei across 0.9 - 2 cm, maximally 7 mm thick; pilei with gelatinous cutis easily peeling off, very sticky; stipe absent, some white mycelium present at the point of attachment; taste mild, indistinctive, smell none; flesh soft, pliant, watery; SP abundant, neutral brown, oac783.

I follow taxonomy given in Krieglsteiner (2001) who distinguishes two varieties of Crepidotus mollis, var. mollis and var. calolepsis. The latter on has scales on its pileus (which was not the case in my find) and is considered by some authors as a separate species.

Spores smooth. Spore dimensions: 7.3 [8.1 ; 8.5] 9.4 x 4.9 [5.3 ; 5.5] 5.8 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7; N = 35; C = 95%; Me = 8.3 x 5.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. Basidia dimensions: 17.3 [22.5 ; 26.1] 31.3 x 6.1 [6.9 ; 7.4] 8.2 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.2 ; 3.6] 4.3; N = 15; C = 95%; Me = 24.3 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 3.4. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to slenderly lageniform. Dimensions: 37.9 [44 ; 51.5] 57.7 x 4.7 [6.3 ; 8.2] 9.7 microns; Q = 5.3 [6.2 ; 7.3] 8.2; N = 7; C = 95%; Me = 47.8 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 6.7. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (all other pictures) in water, all live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 300.

(2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 390.

(3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 269.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 4., Ulmer (2001), p 434.

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Crepidotus mollis (Schff.:Fr.) Kumm.var. mollis

Peeling Oysterling, Soft slipper, Jelly Creep, DE: Gallertfleischiges Stummelfüsschen, Gallertfleischiger Krüppelfuss

Slo.: zdrizasta postrančica

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5207

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, a average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, stump of a cut down Salix eleagnos.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča, slightly downstream from farmhouse Matevž, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: Growing in a group of five pilei; pilei small or still young; pilei across 0.9 - 2 cm, maximally 7 mm thick; pilei with gelatinous cutis easily peeling off, very sticky; stipe absent, some white mycelium present at the point of attachment; taste mild, indistinctive, smell none; flesh soft, pliant, watery; SP abundant, neutral brown, oac783.

I follow taxonomy given in Krieglsteiner (2001) who distinguishes two varieties of Crepidotus mollis, var. mollis and var. calolepsis. The latter on has scales on its pileus (which was not the case in my find) and is considered by some authors as a separate species.

Spores smooth. Spore dimensions: 7.3 [8.1 ; 8.5] 9.4 x 4.9 [5.3 ; 5.5] 5.8 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7; N = 35; C = 95%; Me = 8.3 x 5.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. Basidia dimensions: 17.3 [22.5 ; 26.1] 31.3 x 6.1 [6.9 ; 7.4] 8.2 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.2 ; 3.6] 4.3; N = 15; C = 95%; Me = 24.3 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 3.4. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to slenderly lageniform. Dimensions: 37.9 [44 ; 51.5] 57.7 x 4.7 [6.3 ; 8.2] 9.7 microns; Q = 5.3 [6.2 ; 7.3] 8.2; N = 7; C = 95%; Me = 47.8 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 6.7. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (all other pictures) in water, all live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 300.

(2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 390.

(3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 269.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 4., Ulmer (2001), p 434.

Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.:Fr.) Karst., syn.: Boletus crispus Pers.

Smoky Bracket, DE: Angebrannter Rauchporling

Slo.: osmojena bjerkandera

Shown with Crepidotus mollis (right side).

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5245

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, a stump of cut down Salix eleagnos in its late initial phase of disintegration.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča between villages Soča and Trenta, 50 m downstream of the bridge to the farmhouse 'Matevž', Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: There exist two species of the genus Bjerkandera growing in Europe and also in Slovenia: Bjerkandera adusta and Bjerkandera fumosa. Both have very variable and irregular habitus and can be found pileate, effuse reflexed and also totally resupinate. Bjerkandera adusta is more common and can be distinguished from Bjerkandera fumosa by its very, very small more or less angular pores (5-7/mm), darker gray pore surface with pale margin and smaller spores. But distinguishing is not always easy. Bjerkandera adusta can be found during the whole year but it sporulates only at temperatures below 10 deg C (Ref.:4). So, one can hope to get spore print only during colder seasons of my country. Generally in the literature the pilei are described as azonate or only weakly zonate, however when they are very young this apparently doesn't hold (see Fig.4).

Growing in imbricate groups of several fruit bodies; pilei 1.2 - 2.8 cm across, trama pale brown, corky-fibrous (cannot be chewed over but can be nicely cut with a razor), up to 4.5 mm thick, pore layer dark-grey and distinctly darker then trama, about 1 mm thick; stipe absent; taste mild, slightly unpleasant but not bitter; smell on sour earth similar to Trametes versicolor; SP faint, whitish.

Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4.1 [4.5 ; 4.7] 5.1 x 2.6 [2.9 ; 3] 3.4 microns; Q = 1.3 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.8; N = 37; C = 95%; Me = 4.6 x 3 microns; Qe = 1.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.S

(2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 316.

(3) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, part 1., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1993), p 168.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 486.

(5) A. Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceaes.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 139.

Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.:Fr.) Karst., syn.: Boletus crispus Pers.

Smoky Bracket, DE: Angebrannter Rauchporling

Slo.: osmojena bjerkandera

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5245

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, a stump of cut down Salix eleagnos in its late initial phase of disintegration.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča between villages Soča and Trenta, 50 m downstream of the bridge to the farmhouse 'Matevž', Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: There exist two species of the genus Bjerkandera growing in Europe and also in Slovenia: Bjerkandera adusta and Bjerkandera fumosa. Both have very variable and irregular habitus and can be found pileate, effuse reflexed and also totally resupinate. Bjerkandera adusta is more common and can be distinguished from Bjerkandera fumosa by its very, very small more or less angular pores (5-7/mm), darker gray pore surface with pale margin and smaller spores. But distinguishing is not always easy. Bjerkandera adusta can be found during the whole year but it sporulates only at temperatures below 10 deg C (Ref.:4). So, one can hope to get spore print only during colder seasons of my country. Generally in the literature the pilei are described as azonate or only weakly zonate, however when they are very young this apparently doesn't hold (see Fig.4).

Growing in imbricate groups of several fruit bodies; pilei 1.2 - 2.8 cm across, trama pale brown, corky-fibrous (cannot be chewed over but can be nicely cut with a razor), up to 4.5 mm thick, pore layer dark-grey and distinctly darker then trama, about 1 mm thick; stipe absent; taste mild, slightly unpleasant but not bitter; smell on sour earth similar to Trametes versicolor; SP faint, whitish.

Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4.1 [4.5 ; 4.7] 5.1 x 2.6 [2.9 ; 3] 3.4 microns; Q = 1.3 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.8; N = 37; C = 95%; Me = 4.6 x 3 microns; Qe = 1.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.S

(2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 316.

(3) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, part 1., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1993), p 168.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 486.

(5) A. Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceaes.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 139.

Crepidotus mollis (Schff.:Fr.) Kumm.var. mollis

Peeling Oysterling, Soft slipper, Jelly Creep, DE: Gallertfleischiges Stummelfüsschen, Gallertfleischiger Krüppelfuss

Slo.: zdrizasta postrančica

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5207

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, a average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, stump of a cut down Salix eleagnos.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča, slightly downstream from farmhouse Matevž, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: Growing in a group of five pilei; pilei small or still young; pilei across 0.9 - 2 cm, maximally 7 mm thick; pilei with gelatinous cutis easily peeling off, very sticky; stipe absent, some white mycelium present at the point of attachment; taste mild, indistinctive, smell none; flesh soft, pliant, watery; SP abundant, neutral brown, oac783.

I follow taxonomy given in Krieglsteiner (2001) who distinguishes two varieties of Crepidotus mollis, var. mollis and var. calolepsis. The latter on has scales on its pileus (which was not the case in my find) and is considered by some authors as a separate species.

Spores smooth. Spore dimensions: 7.3 [8.1 ; 8.5] 9.4 x 4.9 [5.3 ; 5.5] 5.8 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7; N = 35; C = 95%; Me = 8.3 x 5.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. Basidia dimensions: 17.3 [22.5 ; 26.1] 31.3 x 6.1 [6.9 ; 7.4] 8.2 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.2 ; 3.6] 4.3; N = 15; C = 95%; Me = 24.3 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 3.4. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to slenderly lageniform. Dimensions: 37.9 [44 ; 51.5] 57.7 x 4.7 [6.3 ; 8.2] 9.7 microns; Q = 5.3 [6.2 ; 7.3] 8.2; N = 7; C = 95%; Me = 47.8 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 6.7. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (all other pictures) in water, all live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 300.

(2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 390.

(3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 269.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 4., Ulmer (2001), p 434.

Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.:Fr.) Karst., syn.: Boletus crispus Pers.

Smoky Bracket, DE: Angebrannter Rauchporling

Slo.: osmojena bjerkandera

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5245

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, a stump of cut down Salix eleagnos in its late initial phase of disintegration.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča between villages Soča and Trenta, 50 m downstream of the bridge to the farmhouse 'Matevž', Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: There exist two species of the genus Bjerkandera growing in Europe and also in Slovenia: Bjerkandera adusta and Bjerkandera fumosa. Both have very variable and irregular habitus and can be found pileate, effuse reflexed and also totally resupinate. Bjerkandera adusta is more common and can be distinguished from Bjerkandera fumosa by its very, very small more or less angular pores (5-7/mm), darker gray pore surface with pale margin and smaller spores. But distinguishing is not always easy. Bjerkandera adusta can be found during the whole year but it sporulates only at temperatures below 10 deg C (Ref.:4). So, one can hope to get spore print only during colder seasons of my country. Generally in the literature the pilei are described as azonate or only weakly zonate, however when they are very young this apparently doesn't hold (see Fig.4).

Growing in imbricate groups of several fruit bodies; pilei 1.2 - 2.8 cm across, trama pale brown, corky-fibrous (cannot be chewed over but can be nicely cut with a razor), up to 4.5 mm thick, pore layer dark-grey and distinctly darker then trama, about 1 mm thick; stipe absent; taste mild, slightly unpleasant but not bitter; smell on sour earth similar to Trametes versicolor; SP faint, whitish.

Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4.1 [4.5 ; 4.7] 5.1 x 2.6 [2.9 ; 3] 3.4 microns; Q = 1.3 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.8; N = 37; C = 95%; Me = 4.6 x 3 microns; Qe = 1.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.S

(2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 316.

(3) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, part 1., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1993), p 168.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 486.

(5) A. Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceaes.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 139.

Crepidotus mollis (Schff.:Fr.) Kumm.var. mollis

Peeling Oysterling, Soft slipper, Jelly Creep, DE: Gallertfleischiges Stummelfüsschen, Gallertfleischiger Krüppelfuss

Slo.: zdrizasta postrančica

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5207

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, a average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, stump of a cut down Salix eleagnos.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča, slightly downstream from farmhouse Matevž, Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: Growing in a group of five pilei; pilei small or still young; pilei across 0.9 - 2 cm, maximally 7 mm thick; pilei with gelatinous cutis easily peeling off, very sticky; stipe absent, some white mycelium present at the point of attachment; taste mild, indistinctive, smell none; flesh soft, pliant, watery; SP abundant, neutral brown, oac783.

I follow taxonomy given in Krieglsteiner (2001) who distinguishes two varieties of Crepidotus mollis, var. mollis and var. calolepsis. The latter on has scales on its pileus (which was not the case in my find) and is considered by some authors as a separate species.

Spores smooth. Spore dimensions: 7.3 [8.1 ; 8.5] 9.4 x 4.9 [5.3 ; 5.5] 5.8 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7; N = 35; C = 95%; Me = 8.3 x 5.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. Basidia dimensions: 17.3 [22.5 ; 26.1] 31.3 x 6.1 [6.9 ; 7.4] 8.2 microns; Q = 2.5 [3.2 ; 3.6] 4.3; N = 15; C = 95%; Me = 24.3 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 3.4. Cheilocystidia cylindrical to slenderly lageniform. Dimensions: 37.9 [44 ; 51.5] 57.7 x 4.7 [6.3 ; 8.2] 9.7 microns; Q = 5.3 [6.2 ; 7.3] 8.2; N = 7; C = 95%; Me = 47.8 x 7.2 microns; Qe = 6.7. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (all other pictures) in water, all live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 300.

(2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 390.

(3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 269.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 4., Ulmer (2001), p 434.

A pub not far from Hampton Court station.

Address: 34 Bridge Road.

Owner: Mitchells and Butlers.

Links:

Fancyapint

Pubs Galore

Beer in the Evening

YT70 BHK

Wright

Streetdeck

Angelholm, Sweden. Scan of a photo taken on 5 Aug 1995

This beautiful Bald Eagle was at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington... they do not normally have Eagles as regular "inmates" but they do have a home there for injured birds where they can receive healing and be released again into the wild.

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UPDATE: hey, check this out... they used this photo as one of the series to represent Woodland Park Zoo in the new Schmap Guide

www.schmap.com/seattle/activities_fremont/#r=none&map...

I thought that was pretty cool.... it is a freebie use, no pay, but if you click on the eagle it takes you right to this flickr page! you might have to scroll through the photos in the upper right corner to get to my Eagle.

Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.:Fr.) Karst., syn.: Boletus crispus Pers.

Smoky Bracket, DE: Angebrannter Rauchporling

Slo.: osmojena bjerkandera

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5245

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, a stump of cut down Salix eleagnos in its late initial phase of disintegration.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča between villages Soča and Trenta, 50 m downstream of the bridge to the farmhouse 'Matevž', Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: There exist two species of the genus Bjerkandera growing in Europe and also in Slovenia: Bjerkandera adusta and Bjerkandera fumosa. Both have very variable and irregular habitus and can be found pileate, effuse reflexed and also totally resupinate. Bjerkandera adusta is more common and can be distinguished from Bjerkandera fumosa by its very, very small more or less angular pores (5-7/mm), darker gray pore surface with pale margin and smaller spores. But distinguishing is not always easy. Bjerkandera adusta can be found during the whole year but it sporulates only at temperatures below 10 deg C (Ref.:4). So, one can hope to get spore print only during colder seasons of my country. Generally in the literature the pilei are described as azonate or only weakly zonate, however when they are very young this apparently doesn't hold (see Fig.4).

Growing in imbricate groups of several fruit bodies; pilei 1.2 - 2.8 cm across, trama pale brown, corky-fibrous (cannot be chewed over but can be nicely cut with a razor), up to 4.5 mm thick, pore layer dark-grey and distinctly darker then trama, about 1 mm thick; stipe absent; taste mild, slightly unpleasant but not bitter; smell on sour earth similar to Trametes versicolor; SP faint, whitish.

Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4.1 [4.5 ; 4.7] 5.1 x 2.6 [2.9 ; 3] 3.4 microns; Q = 1.3 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.8; N = 37; C = 95%; Me = 4.6 x 3 microns; Qe = 1.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.S

(2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 316.

(3) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, part 1., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1993), p 168.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 486.

(5) A. Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceaes.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 139.

YJ70 BHK is seen here picking up Pudsey bound passengers at Westover Road in Bramley, Leeds.

12/02/24 :]

DAF XF105 SC

Brzesko, DK4

Photography by FA: Singha / DaisoThefox | Twitter @SinghaTheLion

Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.:Fr.) Karst., syn.: Boletus crispus Pers.

Smoky Bracket, DE: Angebrannter Rauchporling

Slo.: osmojena bjerkandera

Dat.: Dec. 09. 2014

Lat.: 46.35624 Long.: 13.69918

Code: Bot_854/2014_DSC5245

Habitat: alpine valley, river bank, locally almost flat terrain, calcareous ground, river bank vegetation mostly consisting of Salix eleagnos, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica; humid air and ground, partly sunny, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 525 m (1.720 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: dead wood, a stump of cut down Salix eleagnos in its late initial phase of disintegration.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, left bank of river Soča between villages Soča and Trenta, 50 m downstream of the bridge to the farmhouse 'Matevž', Trenta 3, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comments: There exist two species of the genus Bjerkandera growing in Europe and also in Slovenia: Bjerkandera adusta and Bjerkandera fumosa. Both have very variable and irregular habitus and can be found pileate, effuse reflexed and also totally resupinate. Bjerkandera adusta is more common and can be distinguished from Bjerkandera fumosa by its very, very small more or less angular pores (5-7/mm), darker gray pore surface with pale margin and smaller spores. But distinguishing is not always easy. Bjerkandera adusta can be found during the whole year but it sporulates only at temperatures below 10 deg C (Ref.:4). So, one can hope to get spore print only during colder seasons of my country. Generally in the literature the pilei are described as azonate or only weakly zonate, however when they are very young this apparently doesn't hold (see Fig.4).

Growing in imbricate groups of several fruit bodies; pilei 1.2 - 2.8 cm across, trama pale brown, corky-fibrous (cannot be chewed over but can be nicely cut with a razor), up to 4.5 mm thick, pore layer dark-grey and distinctly darker then trama, about 1 mm thick; stipe absent; taste mild, slightly unpleasant but not bitter; smell on sour earth similar to Trametes versicolor; SP faint, whitish.

Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4.1 [4.5 ; 4.7] 5.1 x 2.6 [2.9 ; 3] 3.4 microns; Q = 1.3 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.8; N = 37; C = 95%; Me = 4.6 x 3 microns; Qe = 1.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.

Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF

Ref.:

(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 268.S

(2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 316.

(3) L. Ryvarden, R.L. Gilbertson, European Polypores, part 1., Synopsis Fungorum 7., Fungiflora A/S (1993), p 168.

(4) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 1., Ulmer (2000), p 486.

(5) A. Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceaes.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), p 139.

World Veterans (Table Tennis) Tour - Cardiff, Wales. UK

Player photographs from the World Veterans Tour held in the Metropolitan University (Cyn Coed Campus) in Cardiff. These from the 15th December 2019.

More general photographs at www.flickr.com/photos/staneastwood/albums

If you are interested in a license of my photos contact me through Flickr Marketplace or by email.

DSC_35624

A Zeiss Passameter which has seen a great deal of use, dating perhaps from the 1950/1960 era? Serial No.35624 These instruments are usually only found in the Inspection Dept., but this one has been used on the shop floor.

The instrument is set to size using either slip gauges or a Standard and adjustment is achieved by turning the larger milled wheel at left of picture. When the gauge is brought to zero on the dial, the upper and lower tolerances can be set as well and the instrument is locked by turning the thimble at left. Workpieces are introduced by depressing the button at RH side. A reading is shown on the dial to within 0.0001" The carbide anvils make this a sensitive and accurate device.

The internal mechanism operates on the principle of an arm connected to the moving anvil deflecting a rack and pinion which in turn winds up a watch hairspring whose axis is connected to a moving needle across the silvered scale. A relatively simple and stable system that will work well for years provided it is kept clean and lubricated. It follows that the Passameter should not be exposed to the grime of the Machine Shop.

This sadly neglected instrument has been overhauled and is now back in a serviceable condition.

First West Yorkshire

Wright StreetDeck Micro Hybrid

Horsforth 50A

Leeds

duplicate (35624)

Elliott at 5 months old

Designed for traction on the snow

March 01, 2011:

Marcopolo Paradiso G8 1200 / Scania

Rafa Fuentealba★Locura_Micrera

Angelholm, Sweden. Scan of a photo taken on 5 Aug 1995

Wright Streetdeck