Juniper layer mushroom
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Juniper layer mushroom ( Amylostereum laevigatum ) |
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The juniper-layer mushroom ( Amylostereum laevigatum ) is a saprobiontisch living Mushrooms Fungus art from the order of Täublingsartigen (Russulales). It has crust-shaped, tomentose-brown fruiting bodies that grow directly on the bark of the infested trees. The holarctic species grows in a temperate climate mainly on junipers ( Juniperus spp.), Less often on European yew trees ( Taxus baccata ). The fruiting bodies appear all year round.
features
Macroscopic features
The fir layer mushroom forms up to 1 mm thick, crusty resupinate fruiting bodies. The smooth, corky-leathery hymenium is ocher to light brown and cracks open.
Microscopic features
The hyphae structure of the juniper layer fungus is mostly dimitic , so it consists of generative and skeletal hyphae, which can also be missing. The former are brownish hyaline, at their septa sit buckles . The latter are thick-walled and brown, at the top they are encrusted . The spores reach a size of 7–10 × 3–4 µm , on yew trees 9–12 × 3–4 µm. There is no basal, parallel hyphae layer as in the fir ( A. chailletii ) and brown felted layer fungus ( A. areolatum ).
distribution
The juniper layer fungus occurs Holarctic from Europe to North America. He prefers temperate climates .
ecology
The main substrate is the dead wood of various types of juniper ( Juniperus spp.), The European yew tree ( Taxus baccata ) is also less common . Due to its host, the juniper layer mushroom can be found mainly along sheep pastures, semi-arid lawns and sparse orchid forests.
swell
- German Josef Krieglsteiner (Ed.): The large mushrooms of Baden-Württemberg . Volume 1: General Part. Stand mushrooms: jelly, bark, prick and pore mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3528-0 .
