Image of Tectella patellaris (Fr.) Murrill 1915

Description:

Slo.: zastrta pogaica - Syn.: Tectella operculata, Panus operculatus - 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. - 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. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Congo Red. - Ref.: (1) http://www.svims.ca/council/Pleuro.htm . (2) http://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) http://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=28&l=g&nom=Tectella operculata / Pan en assiette&tag=Tectella operculata&gro=28 3-5 x 1-1,5 (5) http://www.tintling.ch/fachbeitraege/panellus_schmitt.htm . (6) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614610000875