Tectella patellaris_1

Description:

Tectella patellaris, Syn.: Tectella operculata, Panus operculatusVeiled Oyster , Klebriger SchleierseitlingSlo.: zastrta pogaicaDat.: Dec.06. 2011Lat.: 46.33411 Long.: 13.52978Code: Bot_580/2011_IMG7992 Habitat: Mixed forest, deciduous trees dominant, flat terrain, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, in shade, relatively moist place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevations 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead branch of Corylus avelana laying on ground. The same branch infected also with Plicaturopsis crispa and Tremella mesenterica.Place: Bovec basin, west of Bovec, near the trail from station A of the Kanin cable car to village Pluna, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing in a group of many fruitbodies. Partial veil visible on young mushrooms as well as on mature ones. The partial veil on a steamless agarics is very unusual. Cuticle of pileus sticky, with a thick gelatinous layer, which can be separated from pileus. Cap width from 0.8 cm (0.3 inch) to 1.8 cm (0.7 inch). Taste indistinctive, smell distinctive, aromatic, on ?. SP whitish, faint.Spore dimensions: 4.2 (SD = 0.3) x 1.4 (SD = 0.1) micr., Q = 3.1 (SD = 0.25), n = 30.Ref.:(1) www.svims.ca/council/Pleuro.htm . (2) www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=445571 . (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p 520. (4) www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=28&l=g&nom=Tectella operculata / Pan en assiette&tag=Tectella operculata&gro=28 (5) www.tintling.ch/fachbeitraege/panellus_schmitt.htm . (6) www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614610000875