Dacrymycetes

Calocera viscosaYellow StagshornSlo.: lepljivi roikiDat.: Aug. 25. 2011Lat.: 46.36078 Long.: 13.70141Code: Bot_546/2011_DSC9230 Habitat: Dry nutrient poor pasture, slightly southeast inclined mountain slope, shallow soil layer over settled scree, calcareous ground, dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: completely rotten and moss covered stump of a small Picea abies. North side of the stump.Place: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of Na Melu place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Photographed in a complete dry state, hence so red-orange. Growing solitary.Flesh hard in dry state. SP yellowish-white. 1-septate mature spores haven't been observed??Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.7) x 4.1 (SD =0.3) micr., Q = 2.44 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 674. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324.

Calocera viscosaYellow StagshornSlo.: lepljivi roikiDat.: Aug. 25. 2011Lat.: 46.36078 Long.: 13.70141Code: Bot_546/2011_DSC9230 Habitat: Dry nutrient poor pasture, slightly southeast inclined mountain slope, shallow soil layer over settled scree, calcareous ground, dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: completely rotten and moss covered stump of a small Picea abies. North side of the stump.Place: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of Na Melu place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Photographed in a complete dry state, hence so red-orange. Growing solitary.Flesh hard in dry state. SP yellowish-white. 1-septate mature spores haven't been observed??Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.7) x 4.1 (SD =0.3) micr., Q = 2.44 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 674. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324.

Gelenau/erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Yellow staghorn - Calocera viscosa, close-up.

Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands

Brockenhurst, England, United Kingdom

Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands

Calocera viscosaYellow StagshornSlo.: lepljivi roikiDat.: Aug. 25. 2011Lat.: 46.36078 Long.: 13.70141Code: Bot_546/2011_DSC9230 Habitat: Dry nutrient poor pasture, slightly southeast inclined mountain slope, shallow soil layer over settled scree, calcareous ground, dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: completely rotten and moss covered stump of a small Picea abies. North side of the stump.Place: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of Na Melu place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Photographed in a complete dry state, hence so red-orange. Growing solitary.Flesh hard in dry state. SP yellowish-white. 1-septate mature spores haven't been observed??Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.7) x 4.1 (SD =0.3) micr., Q = 2.44 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 674. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324.

2011-07-24 Upper Austria, district Rohrbach (mixed forest, 730 msm Quadrant 7448/2).German name: Klebriger HrnlingOn dead spruce (Picea abies); with some Polytrichum moss, and Vaccinium myrtillus.Synonymy (according to Species fungorum): Calocera cavarae, Calocera flammea, Clavaria viscosa, Merisma viscosum

Calocera viscosaYellow StagshornSlo.: lepljivi roikiDat.: Aug. 25. 2011Lat.: 46.36078 Long.: 13.70141Code: Bot_546/2011_DSC9230 Habitat: Dry nutrient poor pasture, slightly southeast inclined mountain slope, shallow soil layer over settled scree, calcareous ground, dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: completely rotten and moss covered stump of a small Picea abies. North side of the stump.Place: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of Na Melu place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary.SP yellowish-white. 1-septate mature spores haven't been observed??Color of the same fungus in moist state.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.7) x 4.1 (SD =0.3) micr., Q = 2.44 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 674. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324.

Brockenhurst, England, United Kingdom

Calocera viscosaYellow StagshornSlo.: lepljivi roikiDat.: Aug. 25. 2011Lat.: 46.36078 Long.: 13.70141Code: Bot_546/2011_DSC9230 Habitat: Dry nutrient poor pasture, slightly southeast inclined mountain slope, shallow soil layer over settled scree, calcareous ground, dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: completely rotten and moss covered stump of a small Picea abies. North side of the stump.Place: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of Na Melu place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Photographed in a complete dry state, hence so red-orange. Growing solitary.Flesh hard in dry state. SP yellowish-white. 1-septate mature spores haven't been observed??Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.7) x 4.1 (SD =0.3) micr., Q = 2.44 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 674. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324.

2007.09.01: Austria, Upper Austria, district Rohrbach, 720 m AMSL, mixed forest (mostly spruce): on dead spruce.From june till november.Very common.German names: Klebriger Hrnling, (dialect) Hahnaplega.

Calocera viscosaYellow StagshornSlo.: lepljivi roikiDat.: Aug. 25. 2011Lat.: 46.36078 Long.: 13.70141Code: Bot_546/2011_DSC9230 Habitat: Dry nutrient poor pasture, slightly southeast inclined mountain slope, shallow soil layer over settled scree, calcareous ground, dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: completely rotten and moss covered stump of a small Picea abies. North side of the stump.Place: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of Na Melu place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Photographed in a complete dry state, hence so red-orange. Growing solitary.Flesh hard in dry state. SP yellowish-white. 1-septate mature spores haven't been observed??Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.7) x 4.1 (SD =0.3) micr., Q = 2.44 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 674. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324.

Brockenhurst, England, United Kingdom

Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands

Calocera viscosaYellow StagshornSlo.: lepljivi roikiDat.: Aug. 25. 2011Lat.: 46.36078 Long.: 13.70141Code: Bot_546/2011_DSC9230 Habitat: Dry nutrient poor pasture, slightly southeast inclined mountain slope, shallow soil layer over settled scree, calcareous ground, dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: completely rotten and moss covered stump of a small Picea abies. North side of the stump.Place: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of Na Melu place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Photographed in a complete dry state, hence so red-orange. Growing solitary.Flesh hard in dry state. SP yellowish-white. 1-septate mature spores haven't been observed??Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.7) x 4.1 (SD =0.3) micr., Q = 2.44 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 674. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324.

Calocera viscosaYellow StagshornSlo.: lepljivi roikiDat.: Aug. 25. 2011Lat.: 46.36078 Long.: 13.70141Code: Bot_546/2011_DSC9230 Habitat: Dry nutrient poor pasture, slightly southeast inclined mountain slope, shallow soil layer over settled scree, calcareous ground, dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: completely rotten and moss covered stump of a small Picea abies. North side of the stump.Place: Lower Trenta valley, upper part of Na Melu place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Photographed in a complete dry state, hence so red-orange. Growing solitary.Flesh hard in dry state. SP yellowish-white. 1-septate mature spores haven't been observed??Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.7) x 4.1 (SD =0.3) micr., Q = 2.44 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 674. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324.

Also known as D. chrysospermus. A widespread fungus on conifer wood, and one of the species known as Witch's Butter. Photo from near Gibsons, British Columbia.

You can see a comparison image on the following site:www.bowvalleynaturalists.org/html/mushroom_primer.htmHost tree is a fallen conifer.

Acworth, Georgia, United States

Dacrymyces palmatus, showing white attachment points. This is the conifer version of Witch's Butter.

Hodgson Vale, Queensland, Australia