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Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem., de pelo preto e macio, devorou junto com as companheiras as folhas da grande figueira (Ficus elástica).
Habitat with bird remains tags and skull from two different birds at Kilauea Pt NWR, Kauai, Hawaii.
March 19, 2013
From the writings of Mr. Rayen of Cherrapunjee Holiday Resort.
"The lower reaches of the southern slopes of Khasi and Jaintia hills are humid and warm and are streaked by many swift flowing rivers and mountain streams. A species of Indian Rubber tree - botanical name: Ficus Elastica - thrives and flourishes alongside these streams and rivers. This tree can comfortably perch itself on huge boulders along side the riverbanks or in the middle of rivers and send its roots down to the riverbed. Thus, they have adapted themselves very well to high soil erosion caused by these fast flowing rivers and streams that come down about 3000 feet along precipitous slopes. These trees shoot out many secondary roots from their trunks.
Our ancestors, the early war-Khasis, had noticed these qualities of this tree and had adapted it to serve their need for bridges to cross rivers and streams. In order to direct the roots in the desired direction, betel nut tree trunks, sliced half in the middle for their entire length, are hollowed out and are positioned according to the requirement of the bridge. The thin and long tender roots are then passed through these hollowed out betel nut tree trunks. The roots start growing towards the directed end. When they reach the other end of the stream or river, they are allowed to take root in the soil. These bridges usually have base spans numbering more than two. There are also two protective railing spans. Stones are used to fill any gaps in the base spans and over time they get embedded in the floor of the root bridge. Some of these bridges have roots brought down from the tree branches joining the middle of the bridge as support spans. Some of these root bridges are made by entwining the roots of two trees planted on opposite banks or in the middle of the river on huge boulders.
These root bridges are so strong that some of them can carry 50 or more people at a time. We have some of them in the vicinity of our Resort that are 53 feet, 56 feet, 70 feet and even over 100 feet long. One has two bridges stacked one over the other. We have fondly named it the 'Double Decker Root Bridge'. Now the villagers of Nongriat where the said bridge is located at the bottom of the valley are so thrilled to see so many international tourists dropping to see the bridge, have been kind enough to accept the name and have added to it the name of the stream over which the bridge has been built and are calling it 'Umshiang Double Decker Root Bridge'. This Umshiang Double Decker Root Bridge is so unique, it is the only one of its kind in the entire world.
The roots used in one of these bridges are about 18 inches broad and about 6 inches thick. These bridges are being used daily even today by people living in these villages around Cherrapunjee. These bridges take 10 to 15 years to become fully functional. They keep growing in strength by the day. Perhaps their life span is 500 to 600 years after they are well formed. These bioengineering wonders are eloquent testimonies of man living in harmony with nature."
Flammulina elastica (Sacc.) Redhead & R.H. Petersen, Synonymy: Agaricus elasticus Lasch, Collybia elastica Sacc., Flammulina elastica f. longispora (Bas) Redhead & R.H. Petersen, Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas
EN: no name found, DE: Weiden-Samtfußrübling, Langsporiger Samtfußrübling
Family: Physalacriaceae
Slo.: no name found
Dat.: Dec. 8. 2019
Lat.: 46.358774 Long.: 13.705412
Code: Bot_1271/2019_DSC01961
Habitat: river bank, at the base of moderately inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, alluvial, stony ground (pebbles); cool, humid, mostly shady place; exposed to direct precipitations; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, air temperature during last few days about -5 deg C during the night and 0-4 deg C during the day; average year temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 530 m (1.740 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.
Substratum: dead, still standing trunk of an old Salix eleagnos.
Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta; right bank of river Soča, upstream entrance in a small river gorge between farmhouses Otokar, Trenta 4 and Matevž, Trenta 1; East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.
Comments: Flammulina elastica is a beautiful, winter growing species very similar to well-known and common Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes). The name Flammulina is based on the yellow-orange caps, which shine like little flames in the murky winter colored habitats. It is a rather newly separated species (1999). Several differences in the morphology between Flammulina velutipes and Flammulina elastica (however, very variable) are described in literature, but many, if not most of, authors consider both species indistinguishable solely on morphology. Only DNA analyses, sexual incompatibility and spore shape (particularly Q) and dimensions (mostly their length) separate them.
Currently Flammulina elastica appears a rare species in Slovenia and elsewhere. It is not included neither in the Boletus Informaticus data base (Ref.: 6) nor in the Operational List of Fungi of Slovenia (Ref. 7). Because Flammulina elastica cannot be separated from Flammulina velutipes without microscopy, hundreds of historical field observations of the latter can actually be the former. Therefore, published distribution maps of both species seem questionable.
More than 15 pilei were observed on the trunk from 30 cm above to about 2 m above the ground, most of them were old and hence of very dark color. Pilei diameter 4 - 7.5 cm, stipe length 2.8 - 4 and their diameter 0.5 - 1.4 cm; stipe pliant, firm, like made of soft rubber; taste and smell mild, indistinctive, eventually weakly mushroomy; SP abundant, white, oac909. Photographed in frozen state.
With average (at N=44) spore length 9.1 µm, about 25% of spores longer than 10 µm instead of 'a few only' for Flammulina velutipes according to (Ref.: 5) and Qe = 2.6 this determination seems quite reliable.
Spores dimensions: (7.4) 8.2 - 10.6 (11.5) × (2.9) 3.2 - 4 (4.1) µm; Q = (2.2) 2.3 - 2.8 (3.3); N = 44; Me = 9.1 × 3.5 µm; Qe = 2.6. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, fresh material, spores from spore print. AmScope MA500 digital camera.
Herbarium: Index Herbariorum LJF @ Mycotheca and lichen herbarium of Slovenian Forestry Institute.
(1) Personal communication Mr. Bojan Rot, www. gobenabovskem.si
(2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 245.
(3) www.123pilzsuche.de/daten/details/LangsporSamtfussrueblin... (accessed Dec. 10. 2019)
(4) www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=F&l=l&nom=Flammul... (accessed Dec. 10. 2019)
(5) T. Lӕssøe, J.H. Petersen, Fungi of temperate Europe, Vol. 1., Princeton University Press (2019), p 300.
(6) N. Ogris (ed), Boletus Informaticus, Slovenian Forestry Institute www.zdravgozd.si/bi_index.aspx (accessed Dec. 11. 2019)
(7) S. Šerod et all (eds.), Operativni Seznam Gliv Slovenije (Operational List of Fungi of Slovenia), Association of Mycol. Soc. of Slovenia (2013) (in Slovenian).
(8) www.first-nature.com/fungi/flammulina-elastica.php (accessed Dec. 12. 2019) (9) www.pilzepilze.de/cgi-bin/webbbs/parchive2011.pl?noframes... (accessed Dec. 12. 2019)
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Nature - Flowers - The Beautiful Morning Glory - family Convolvulaceae.
Morning glory is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae.
Morning glory was first known in China for its medicinal uses, due to the laxative properties of its seeds.
It was introduced to the Japanese in the 9th century, and they were the first to cultivate it as an ornamental flower. During the Edo period, it became very popular. The Japanese have led the world in developing varieties. Hundreds have evolved, such as a brownish coloured variant known as Dajuro, and varieties with such evocative names as 'Brocade of Dawn', 'Moon in the Dusk' and 'Wisteria Girl'. It has come to symbolize summer in Japanese horticulture and art.
Ancient Mesoamerican civilizations used the morning glory species Ipomoea alba to convert the latex from the Castilla elastica tree and also the guayule plant to produce bouncing rubber balls. The sulfur in the morning glory's juice served to vulcanize the rubber, a process predating Charles Goodyear's discovery by at least 3,000 years. Aztec priests in Mexico were also known to use the plant's hallucinogenic properties (see Rivea corymbosa).
130 mm diameter
paper: t=148μm, 128g/m2
10 strips (S-shape based on Spherical Spiral) are interlocked at 12 points.
Each strip is bent and slightly twisted to fit to a reference sphere.
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These Living Root Bridges are made of the Indian rubber tree Ficus elastica which thrives and flourishes alongside the streams and rivers at the southern slopes of the Khasi and Jaintia hills.
No es perfecta, lo sé, soy tan sólo una aficionada que hace tartas 2 veces al año, en los cumples de sus niñas... pero cariño... eso sí que tiene, ¡y mucho! :)
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Plants of Tamilnadu (India)(115)
சீமை ஆலமரம்
Botanical name- Ficus elastica
Tamil name – சீமை ஆலமரம் ( ‘foreign Indian banyan tree’)
Common name – Indian banyan tree
Importance - A decoction of the aerial rootlets is used as a vulnerary !
Author – Dr.S.Soundarapandian
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Place of plant : Chennai - 93(Tamilnadu, India)
Date : 3 - March – 2016
Y para despedir el año, he preparado este tutorial que espero os sirva para evitar tener que deshacer esas anillas que nunca son lo suficientemente grandes o pequeñas...¡¡¡que disfrutéis de una feliz cena y que el 2010 venga cargado de muy buenas sorpresas!!. ¡Hasta el año que viene!
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