Dikarya

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - KOH 5% reaction. Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

UPDATED INFORMATION: Antrodia malicola, syn. Coriolellus malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1920), Daedalea malicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Aoshima (1967), Trametes jamaicensis Murrill (1910), Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1856) Slo.: rjavkasta trhlica Date: Jan. 30. 2014 A piece of herbarium specimen has been sent to Mr. Gnter Sturm, Germany for evaluation. He has a very long 'mileage' with Polyporaceae. His habit and microscopic examination yields Antrodia malicola. This is a rather rare polypore (found in three MTB sub-squares in Slovenia) with clamped septs of the hypha and dimitic hypha system. He also found and examined a few spores. All characteristics meet the expectations for this species. He also mentions that, although Antrodia doesnt belong to the Hymenochaetaceae, A. malicola is an exception and reacts with KOH by blackening as it is demonstrated also on one of the pictures attached to the observation Antrodia malicola - I. In the Rhine-Main-Area of Germany, where he lives, they have about 20 finds of A. malicola up to now and he knows the taxon well. The main substrate is Fagus, but it was found also on Carpinus. The mushroom has a fine-aromatic smell, which I somehow overlooked. Gnter thank you for your interest and time. _______________________________ Former text: Slo.: afranasti (?) zlatoluknjiar - Coriolopsis trogii (Berk.) Dom., syn: Trametes trogii Berk or Hapalopilus croceus ? (Pers.) Donk, syn.: Aurantiporus croceus, Inonotus croceus, Phaeolus croceus, Tyromyces croceus - Habitat: Former pasture, on top of a pile of firewood; flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: a cut down, dead, rotten but partly still in bark trunk of Ostrya carpinifolia (about 15 cm diameter) used as a weight and laying on a pile of firewood. - Comments: Ive browsed through a lot of literature without a really convincing determination of this observation. Basidiocarps habitus corresponds well to Hapalopilus crocerus, however measured spores do not fit. A potential candidate could also be a kind of Coriolopsis. Spores of C. gallica fit well to the measured ones, but color of basidiocarps doesnt at all. Color of the observation could eventually fit to C. trogii (Berk.) Dom. (syn: Trametes trogii) (considering young basidiocarps), but it has somewhat narrower spores and its substrate is usually Populus. sp. Ostrya carpinifolia is not cited as possible substrate in Ref.:(3). I was unable to find another so distinctly yellow-orange-ochre Polyporaceae with such spores. - Growing in a small group of about 5 basidiocarps, all effused-reflexed, up to about 10 cm wide, pilei up to 1 cm broad, pores 1-3 per mm, irregular, angular on horizontal surfaces; basidiocarps moist, rubbery-leathery, fresh, relatively soft; hard and firm when dry, all sporocarps were apparently young or very young; smell strong, mushroomy; trama brown-red (oac707), KOH 5% on flesh and pores very dark carmine red, almost black; SP whitish-beige (oac007), quite abundant for Polyporaceae. - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.8) x 4.1 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 2.35 (SD = 0.2), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, provisionally id'ed as Hapalopilus by Mr. Anton Poler. (2) Personal communication, provisionally ided as Trametes trogii by Mr. Gregor Podgornik, NAC Tolmin. (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 1, Ulmer (2000), p 532 and 505. (4) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei, Vol. 10., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 256 and 190. Spores of Hapalopilus croceus 4-6.5/3-4.5 and of Coriolopsis trogii 7-11/2.5-4 (5) Jlich (cited by Ref.:1). Spores of Hapalopilus criceus 3-7/3-4,5

Alectoria lata, EBP#4512

Alectoria lata, EBP#4512

Slo.: mesnordea opnovka - Habitat: Mixed secondary forest with many large Corylus avellana, east oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain, mostly in shade, humid place, shallow soil layer, calcareous ground, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead fallen thick branch of Corylus avellana. - Comments: Spores smooth, dimensions: 9.1 (SD =0.9 ) x 4.6 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 2.06 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=198384 . (2) http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22722 7 . (3) http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_83/rsnz_83_02_003990.pdf .

Slo.: mesnordea opnovka - Habitat: Mixed secondary forest with many large Corylus avellana, east oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain, mostly in shade, humid place, shallow soil layer, calcareous ground, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead fallen thick branch of Corylus avellana. - Comments: Spores smooth, dimensions: 9.1 (SD =0.9 ) x 4.6 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 2.06 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=198384 . (2) http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22722 7 . (3) http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_83/rsnz_83_02_003990.pdf .

Slo.: mesnordea opnovka - Habitat: Mixed secondary forest with many large Corylus avellana, east oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain, mostly in shade, humid place, shallow soil layer, calcareous ground, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead fallen thick branch of Corylus avellana. - Comments: Spores smooth, dimensions: 9.1 (SD =0.9 ) x 4.6 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 2.06 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=198384 . (2) http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22722 7 . (3) http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_83/rsnz_83_02_003990.pdf .

Slo.: mesnordea opnovka - Habitat: Mixed secondary forest with many large Corylus avellana, east oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain, mostly in shade, humid place, shallow soil layer, calcareous ground, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead fallen thick branch of Corylus avellana. - Comments: Spores smooth, dimensions: 9.1 (SD =0.9 ) x 4.6 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 2.06 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=198384 . (2) http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22722 7 . (3) http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_83/rsnz_83_02_003990.pdf .

Slo.: mesnordea opnovka - Habitat: Mixed secondary forest with many large Corylus avellana, east oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain, mostly in shade, humid place, shallow soil layer, calcareous ground, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead fallen thick branch of Corylus avellana. - Comments: Spores smooth, dimensions: 9.1 (SD =0.9 ) x 4.6 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 2.06 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=198384 . (2) http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22722 7 . (3) http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_83/rsnz_83_02_003990.pdf .

Slo.: mesnordea opnovka - Habitat: Mixed secondary forest with many large Corylus avellana, east oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain, mostly in shade, humid place, shallow soil layer, calcareous ground, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead fallen thick branch of Corylus avellana. - Comments: Spores smooth, dimensions: 9.1 (SD =0.9 ) x 4.6 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 2.06 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=198384 . (2) http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22722 7 . (3) http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_83/rsnz_83_02_003990.pdf .

Slo.: mesnordea opnovka - Habitat: Mixed secondary forest with many large Corylus avellana, east oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain, mostly in shade, humid place, shallow soil layer, calcareous ground, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead fallen thick branch of Corylus avellana. - Comments: Spores smooth, dimensions: 9.1 (SD =0.9 ) x 4.6 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 2.06 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=198384 . (2) http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22722 7 . (3) http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_83/rsnz_83_02_003990.pdf .

Slo.: mesnordea opnovka - Habitat: Mixed secondary forest with many large Corylus avellana, east oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain, mostly in shade, humid place, shallow soil layer, calcareous ground, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 400 m (1.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead fallen thick branch of Corylus avellana. - Comments: Spores smooth, dimensions: 9.1 (SD =0.9 ) x 4.6 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 2.06 (SD = 0.22), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=198384 . (2) http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22722 7 . (3) http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_83/rsnz_83_02_003990.pdf .

Slo.: mekinasta trdokonica - syn.: Scleroderma lycoperdoides Schw. - Habitat: moderately inclined mountain slope, east aspect; mixed wood (edge of it), Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant trees; calcareous ground; on damp ground covered by thick layer of rotten wood and leave debris; mostly in shade, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 615 m (2.020 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: thick layer of rotten wood debris and leaves on soil.Comments: Several species of Scleroderma are similar to this find and difficult to be reliable determined to species level without microscopy. Such is also Scleroderma aerolatum. Observation of its spores makes determination rather easy. It is the only species in this genus, which has spores with very coarse and dense spines without reticulation on their surface. Whether this species is mycorrhizal or may be also saprophytic is yet unclear. Most authors consider it mycorrhizal with oak, some also with other trees and some claim also its saprophytic life since it can be found also in grassland. If this find is mycorrhizal, then it is with Fagus sylvatica or Picea abies, but not with Quercus. There are no Quercus trees in this region. Its mycelia threads looked rather saprophytic in this find. Description: Growing gregariously, more than 10 fruitbodies found; size of sporocarps from 2.3 cm to 3.8 cm and up to 2.5 cm high; stipe rudimentary or absent, peridium thin, flexible and strong; when cut it becomes reddish; smell unpleasant, on chemistry, metal or welding?; taste not determined; 5% KOH reaction on peridium distinctly dark red; spores on mass gray-brown, eventually with some green tint, oac736, but darker.Spores coarsely spiny, surrounded by a translucent mass. Spines up to 2 microns high. Dimensions: (8,4) 9,4 - 12,2 (13,1) x (8,1) 9,3 - 11,8 (12,9) microns; Q = 1 - 1,09 (1,1); N = 24; Me = 10,9 x 10,5 microns; Qe = 1. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); in water, fresh material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.: (1) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p 174. (2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 428. (3) http://www.mushroomexpert.com/scleroderma_areolatum.html (July 26. 2017) Kuo (4) http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/scleroderma-areolatum.php (July 26. 2017) (5) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 333. (6) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 302. (7) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 384.

Slo.: mekinasta trdokonica - syn.: Scleroderma lycoperdoides Schw. - Habitat: moderately inclined mountain slope, east aspect; mixed wood (edge of it), Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant trees; calcareous ground; on damp ground covered by thick layer of rotten wood and leave debris; mostly in shade, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 615 m (2.020 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: thick layer of rotten wood debris and leaves on soil. Comments: Several species of Scleroderma are similar to this find and difficult to be reliable determined to species level without microscopy. Such is also Scleroderma aerolatum. Observation of its spores makes determination rather easy. It is the only species in this genus, which has spores with very coarse and dense spines without reticulation on their surface. Whether this species is mycorrhizal or may be also saprophytic is yet unclear. Most authors consider it mycorrhizal with oak, some also with other trees and some claim also its saprophytic life since it can be found also in grassland. If this find is mycorrhizal, then it is with Fagus sylvatica or Picea abies, but not with Quercus. There are no Quercus trees in this region. Its mycelia threads looked rather saprophytic in this find. Description: Growing gregariously, more than 10 fruitbodies found; size of sporocarps from 2.3 cm to 3.8 cm and up to 2.5 cm high; stipe rudimentary or absent, peridium thin, flexible and strong; when cut it becomes reddish; smell unpleasant, on chemistry, metal or welding?; taste not determined; 5% KOH reaction on peridium distinctly dark red; spores on mass gray-brown, eventually with some green tint, oac736, but darker. Spores coarsely spiny, surrounded by a translucent mass. Spines up to 2 microns high. Dimensions: (8,4) 9,4 - 12,2 (13,1) x (8,1) 9,3 - 11,8 (12,9) microns; Q = 1 - 1,09 (1,1); N = 24; Me = 10,9 x 10,5 microns; Qe = 1. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spores); in water, fresh material. AmScope MA500 digital camera. Ref.: (1) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p 174. (2) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 428. (3) http://www.mushroomexpert.com/scleroderma_areolatum.html (July 26. 2017) Kuo (4) http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/scleroderma-areolatum.php (July 26. 2017) (5) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 333. (6) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 302. (7) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.2. Verlag Mykologia (1986), p 384.