Image of Gymnopilus penetrans (Fr.) Murrill 1912

Description:

Slo.: predirna plamenka - syn. Agaricus penetrans - Habitat: Opens pace, a southeast oriented bank of alluvial river deposits, calcareous ground, sunny place, humid air conditions, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevations 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a stump and dead rotten branches of Sambucus nigra on ground. - Habitat: Opens pace, a southeast oriented bank of alluvial river deposits, calcareous ground, sunny place, humid air conditions, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevations 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a stump and dead rotten branches of Sambucus nigra on ground. - Comments: No squamules observed on pileus and smaller than 10 microns diameter of peleipellis hyphae (? - I am not sure I see the right thing) rule out G. sapineus. Growing solitary and in small groups, several fruit bodies present; pileus diameter 3-5(7) cm; taste bitter; smell faint and mild; SP deep dark orange. Spores not smooth. Dimensions: 7,7 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 ( SD = 0,2) micr., Q = 1,71 (SD = 0,09), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr. Anton Poler and Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.si . (2) W. Rothmaler, Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Vol.1, Niedere Pflanzen, Elsevier, 3.Auflage, (1994), p 429. (3) http://www.mushroomexpert.com/gymnopilus_sapineus.html . (4) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 138. (5) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 244. (6) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 703.