Aleuria-aurantia_2

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Aleuria auranticaOrange Peel FungusSlo.: oranna latvicaDat.: Oct. 23. 2011Lat.: 46.33012 Long.: 13.52941Code: Bot_564/2011_IMG7128 Habitat: Flat terrain, open place in midst of mixed forest, fire wood preparation place, ruderal terrain, clay ground, partly sunny but humid place, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 450 m (1.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil, clay with wood chips debris.Place: Bovec basin, west of cable car Kanin station A, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in groups, many fruitbodies; pileus diameter up to 4.5 cm, cup inside orange (oac761), outside whitish-orange (oac764), SP faint whitish-pink (oac794?); taste indistinctive, no smell; flesh brittle and thin.Spores coarsely ornamented when mature. Young with two oil drops visible. Dimensions (measured with the ornamentation): 18.6 (SD = 1.1) x 9.9 (SD = 0.6) , Q = 1.9 (SD = 0.13), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, Motic 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Asci magnification 400x.Ref.:(1) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 330.(2) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 368. (3) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 608. (4) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 837.(5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1136.