Stereum-hirsutum_12

Description:

Stereum hirsutumHairy Curtain CrustSlo.: dlakava slojevkaDate: Aug. 02. 2011Lat.: 46.3425 Long.: 13.53063Code Bot_539/2011_DSC8900Habitat: Almost flat terrain, broadleaf forest with individual Picea abies, flysh ground, quite humid and warm place, mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 415 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead, but still half standing trunk of a deciduous tree, possibly Acer sp..Place: Bovec basin, next to the trail form Kanin cable car station A to Pluna village, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in groups of many fruitbodies all over the trunk.Ref.:(1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 316. (2) A.Bernicchia, S.P.Gorjon, Cortitiaceae s.i., Fungi Europaei Vol.12., Edizioni Candusso (2010), pp 636. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 334. (4) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 60