Image of Tender nesting polypore

Description:

Slo.: cimetasti mehkopor - syn.: Hapalopilus rutilans - Habitat: Light, mixed, predominantly hardwood woodland, nearly flat terrain, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh), partly rain protected by trees canopies, mostly in shade, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 500 m (1.650 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead branch of Quercus robur L. laying on ground. - Comments: Several pilei, from 3 to 6 cm across, upper side orange brown (oac790), pore layer somewhat darker (oac777) wit distinct edge without pores; taste lightly bitter, smell mild, pleasant; trama very light, soft, spongy-fibrous; SP faint, whitish (?), KOH reaction violet-red on all parts of pileus. Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4.9 (SD = 0.4) x 2.7 (SD = 0.2) μ, Q = 1.9 (SD = 0.18), n = 30. Olympus CH20 (Motic B2-211A), NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, Congo red. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF - Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr. Bojan Rot. (2) http://www.mushroomexpert.com/hapalopilus_nidulans.html (3) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 302. (4) W.Rothmaler, Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Vol.1, Niedere Pflanzen, Elsevier, 3.Auflage, (1994), p 350.