Image of Phellinus hartigii (Allesch. & Schnabl) Pat. 1903

Description:

Slo.: Hartigov pluta - syn.: Polyporus hartigii - Habitat: Mixed secondary forest, almost flat terrain, limestone bedrock, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations 1.600 - 1.800 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 750 m (2.500 feet), Dinaric phytogeographical region. - Substratum: fallen slightly rotten trunk of Abies alba, about 40 cm in diameter. - Comment: Growing solitary, several fruiting bodies; smell mild and pleasant, flesh corky, hard, not bruising. It was not easy to get spores. While the average dimensions fit to data from Ref.2, they seem to be of the same type but of two distinctive sizes (?). Spore dimensions: Smooth, 6,5 (SD = 1,4 ) x 6,1 (SD = 1,3 ) micr., Q = 1,09 (SD = 0,06), n=19 . Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication Mr. Anton Poler. (2) A. Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p409.