Image of Scutellinia kerguelensis (Berk.) Kuntze 1891

Description:

Slo.: ? - Habitat: Wet marsh, thicket of tall herbs and (mostly) Salix bushes, flat terrain, muddy ground, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, humid and shady place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 450 m (1.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Water soaked, rotten branch of (probably) Salix sp., about 3 cm (1.2 inch) in diameter, laying on muddy ground. - Comments: Growing in a group of several fruit bodies, sporocarp diameter up to ~6 mm. According to Ref.: (1) spores are so finely warty that warts cannot be seen at 1.000 oil magnification in water. Therefore spores seem smooth in my pictures. Dimensions: 24.2 (SD = 1.4) x 16.1 (SD = 0.8) micr., Q = 1.5 (SD = 0.1), n = 14. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Hairs are about 300 microns long. - Ref.: (1) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 96. (2) M. Svrek 1971, Ueber einige Arten der Diskomycetengattung Scultellinia, Ceska Myko., 25, pp 77-87. (3) http://www.funghi-bormio.it/Schede/Prati_Alpini/Scutellinia_kerguelensis.htm (4) http://www.errotari.com/Micologiaeuskera/especie.php?4524