Broad-leaved mother hen

Broad-leaved mother hen
	Broad-leaved mother hen ( Sparassis brevipes )
Systematics
Class :	Agaricomycetes
Subclass :	insecure position (incertae sedis)
Order :	Stalk porlings (Polyporales)
Family :	Mother hen relatives (Sparassidaceae)
Genre :	Clucking ( Sparassis )
Type :	Broad-leaved mother hen
Scientific name
	Sparassis brevipes
	Krombh.

The Broad hen ( Sparassis brevipes , Syn. : P laminosa , S. nemecii ), and Oak hen , Fir hen or bear skulls called, is a type of fungus from the family of Gluck relatives (Sparassidaceae).

features

The fruiting body reaches a diameter of 20–40 cm and a height of 25 cm. It has a flattened, spherical shape and numerous branches. The twigs are whitish-straw-yellow, arranged in a fan shape and very broadly flattened or wavy, erect and hardly twisted like a crown. The stem is compact, fleshy and "rooted" near the base of the host tree. The flesh is tough and white. The broadly elliptical spores measure 4–5 × 3 micrometers.

Species delimitation

The Breitblättrige mother hen is the classic doppelganger of the better known Krausen mother hen ( Sparassis crispa ). However, this has more curly, unzoned branches, which give it a bath-sponge-like appearance.

ecology

The mycelium of the broad-leaved mother hen lives as a root parasite, especially in beech - fir forests or oak - hornbeam forests. The mother hen is mainly found at the base of silver firs and sometimes oaks and spruces . The fruiting bodies appear from September to November, in southern Germany from the end of July and a little more abundantly in August.

distribution

The broad-leaved mother hen is only common in Europe and is found in France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Sweden. The fungus is considered "critically endangered" and belongs to category G2. In Germany, the main distribution area is in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. Otherwise the occurrences are scattered or rare; there are hardly any occurrences in northern Germany. They can be found up to a height of 1000 m above sea level.

swell

German Josef Krieglsteiner (Eds.), Andreas Gminder , Wulfard Winterhoff: Die Großpilze Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Stand mushrooms: inguinal, club, coral and stubble mushrooms, belly mushrooms, boletus and deaf mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3531-0 .

Individual evidence

↑ Broad-leaved mother hen on 123pilzsuche.de
^ ^A ^b Rudolf Schubert, Horst Herbert Handke, Helmut Pankow: Rothmaler Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Volume 1: Lower Plants . Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-8274-0655-2 , pp. 371 .
^ German Josef Krieglsteiner (Ed.), Andreas Gminder, Wulfard Winterhoff: Die Großpilze Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2: Stand mushrooms: inguinal, club, coral and stubble mushrooms, belly mushrooms, boletus and deaf mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3531-0 , p. 57.

Web links

Commons : Sparassis brevipes - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Broad-leaved mother hen on 123pilzsuche.de

[Rothmaler2005-2] A ^b Rudolf Schubert, Horst Herbert Handke, Helmut Pankow: Rothmaler Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Volume 1: Lower Plants . Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-8274-0655-2 , pp. 371 .

[Krieglsteiner2000b-3] German Josef Krieglsteiner (Ed.), Andreas Gminder, Wulfard Winterhoff: Die Großpilze Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2: Stand mushrooms: inguinal, club, coral and stubble mushrooms, belly mushrooms, boletus and deaf mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3531-0 , p. 57.