Image of Hawks Wing

Description:

Slo.: luskasti luknjiar - Habitat: Pebble island of river Soa, full sun, exposed to direct precipitations, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 350 m (1.150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Alive trunk of Alnus incana sill in bark, downed and transported by high water and deposited on a pebble island of river Soa. - Comments: Some fresh shoots with buds and young leaves from otherwise rootless trunk show that the trunk is still alive. Spore dimensions: 12.8 (SD=1.0) x 4.6 (SD= 0.53) micr., Q= 2.8 (SD= 0.19), n=33. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei 10, Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 486. M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 314. R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1056.