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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)
Iron encrustation of the elastica of small blood vessels, also known as minerallization, may occur in situations where blood is present within alveoli for a prolonged period of time. In this case of aspiration of blood the elastica of the venule in the center of the image is encrusted with iron imparting a brownish color. The encrusted elastic fibers become brittle and may fragment and may even incite a foreign body giant cell reaction as seen in the right lower quadrant (see NOTE) . Hemosiderin-laden macrophages are present within alveoli in the right upper quadrant.
Iron encrustation of the elastica of small blood vessels, also known as minerallization, may occur in situations where blood is present within alveoli for a prolonged period of time. In this case of aspiration of blood the elastica of the venule in the center of the image is enrusted with iron imparting a brownish color. The encrusted elastic fibers become brittle and may fragment and may even incite a foreign body giant cell reaction. Hemosiderin-laden macrophages are present within alveoli at the right edge of the image.
Iron encrustation of the elastica of small blood vessels, also known as minerallization, may occur in situations where blood is present within alveoli for a prolonged period of time. In this case of aspiration of blood the elastica of the venule in the center of the image is enrusted with iron imparting a brownish color. The encrusted elastic fibers become brittle and may fragment and may even incite a foreign body giant cell reaction as seen in this image..
Iron encrustation of the elastica of small blood vessels, also known as minerallization, may occur in situations where blood is present within alveoli for a prolonged period of time. In this case of aspiration of blood the elastica of the venule in the center of the image is enrusted with iron imparting a brownish color. The encrusted elastic fibers become brittle and may fragment and may even incite a foreign body giant cell reaction as seen in this image.
Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.
MORACEAE
Local: Brasília, Brasil
Ref.: Silva Jr., M.C. e Lima, R.M.C. 100 Árvores Urbanas de Brasília. Rede de Sementes do Cerrado, 2010.
Living Root Bridge, Meghalaya, India - an example of engineering with nature. The 'Ficus Elastica' tree has the unique capability of growing a secondary set of aerial and buttressing roots to support its heavier branches. The locals of the area have figured out a smart way of using this capability to build bridges over lakes and streams. These secondary roots of the tree are intertwined and directed along an intended direction with external support. Over the years they grow and once they reach the other end, they are allowed to take root in the ground. The entire process takes somewhere between 10-15 years and forms a sturdy bridge capable of holding the weight of unto 50 people at a time. I had heard about these for a while and finally had the fortune of seeing it at Mawlynnong, Meghalaya on my recent trip to India. Mother nature is indeed amazing!
English common name: gum bully, black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittamwood, false buckthorn, gum bumelia, gum elastic, gum woolybucket, woolybucket bumelia, wooly buckthorn, wooly bumelia, ironwood and coma.
Spanish common name: Goma elastica
origin: south central USA, NE Mexico
family: Sapotaceae
Valencia Botanic Garden
Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Valencia
Jardí Botànic de la Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
23 November 2017
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Common name: Rubber Fig, Rubber Tree, Rubber Plant, Indian Rubber Tree
Chinese name: 印度榕 印度橡膠樹 印度橡樹
Family: Moraceae 桑科
Genus: Ficus 榕屬
Origin: Asia
Location: Sai Kung
A large tree in the banyan group of figs, growing to 30-40 m (rarely up to 60 m) tall, with a stout trunk up to 2 m diameter, with an irregular trunk which develops aerial and buttressing roots to anchor it in the soil and help support heavy branches. It has broad shiny oval leaves 10-35 cm long and 5-15 cm broad; leaf size is largest on young plants (occasionally to 45 cm long), much smaller on old trees (typically 10 cm long). The leaves develop inside a sheath at the apical meristem, which grows larger as the new leaf develops. When it is mature, it unfurls and the sheath drops off the plant. Inside the new leaf, another immature leaf is waiting to develop. Indian rubber is also used to make Hubba Bubba bubble gum.
As with other members of the genus Ficus, the flowers require a particular species of fig wasp to pollinate it in a co-evolved relationship. Because of this relationship, the rubber plant does not produce highly colourful or fragrant flowers to attract other pollinators. The fruit is a small yellow-green oval fig 1 cm long, barely edible; it will only contain viable seed where the relevant fig wasp species is present.
It can yield a milky white latex also known as sap, which has been used in some cases to make rubber, but it should not be confused with the Para rubber tree, the main commercial source of latex for rubber making. This sap is also an irritant to the eyes and skin and can be fatal if taken internally.
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
ssoundarapandian.blogspot.in
Place of plant : Chennai - 93(Tamilnadu, India)
Date : 3 - March – 2016
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
ssoundarapandian.blogspot.in
Place of plant : Chennai - 93(Tamilnadu, India)
Date : 3 - March – 2016
Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem.
FY-kus or FIK-us -- from the Latin for fig
ee-LASS-tih-kuh -- stretchable, rubbery, referring to latex sap
commonly known as: Assam rubber tree, caoutchoue tree, Indian rubber tree, karet tree, ornamental rubber tree, rambong, rubber fig, rubber plant, rubber tree • Assamese: অথা বৰ athabor • Kannada: ರಬ್ಬರ್ ಮರ rabbar mara • Khasi: diengjri • Konkani: रबराचो वड rabracho vad • Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യന് റബ്ബര് inthyan rabbar • Tamil: சீமையால் cimaiyal • Telugu: రబ్బరు rabbara, సాగుబంక segubanka
Native to: Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Malesia; widely cultivated
References: Flowers of India • Top Tropicals • Dave's Garden
made from A4 size t=0.2mm PP sheet
90(top), 85(middle), 80(bottom)mm diameter
Pentagon faces are made into flower shape with crease and twists at interlocking connections.
Twisting and bending are deeper for the bottom one.
Further control of crase curve and elastic self forming shapes shall be studied.
Species: Ficus elastica
Genus: Ficus
Family: Moraceae
Order: Urticales
Subclass: Hamamelididae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Kingdom: Plantae
ELECTRIC BALLROOM
CAMDEN, LONDON
17TH FEBRUARY 1994
1. SPASTICA
2. ROCKUNROLL
3. LINE UP
4. ANNIE
5. CONNECTION
6. IN THE CITY
7. S.O.F.T
8. STUTTER
9. WAKING UP
10. BRIGHTON ROCK
11. SEE THAT ANIMAL
12. VASELINE
13. STUTTER
ASTORIA LONDON
28TH OCTOBER 1994
1. SPASTICA
2. ROCKUNROLL
3. 2:1
4. LINE UP
5. ANNIE
6. CAR SONG
7. NEVER HERE
8. SEE THAT ANIMAL
9. STUTTER
10. WAKING UP
11. S.O.F.T
12. BLUE
13. CONNECTION
14. VASELINE