Oudemansiella-mucida_28

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Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad.: Fr.) HhmPorcelain Mushroom, Poached Egg fungus, Beringter SchleimreblingSlo.: sluzasta irokolistkaDat.: Oct. 13. 2011Lat.: 46.34001 Long.: 13.71057Code: Bot_560/2011_DSC0186Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant trees; steep mountain slope; northwest aspect; calcareous ground; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevation 990 m (3.250 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen, large, dead Fagus sylvatica lying on ground, partly still in bark.Place: Vrsnik valley region, above the settlement 'Na skali', at the foot of Mt. Travniki rob, 2.135 m, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Oudemansiella mucida is one of the most beautiful mushrooms I know. It isn't colorful but impresses by its elegant shape and consistency. It is like made from half translucent porcelain and is wonderfully glistering in sun rays protruding through tree canopies because of its gelatinous, wet surface. It is actually a quite common species here around and almost always appears in large numbers on dead, mostly still standing Fagus sylvatica trunks, frequently appearing all along their length.Growing in groups of many fruit bodies, more than 200 fruitbodies found in this observation. Taste and smell indistinctive; SP abundant, white.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 15,4 [17,5 ; 18,4] 20,5 x 13,7 [15,2 ; 15,8] 17,2 microns; Q = 1 [1,1 ; 1,2] 1,3; N = 32; C = 95%; Me = 17,9 x 15,5 microns; Qe = 1,2. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 335. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 200. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 116.(5) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 308.