Lentinus tigrinus

Tabby Sägeblättling ( Lentinus tigrinus )

The Tabby Tabby Sägeblättling or Knäueling ( Lentinus tigrinus ) is a species of fungus in the family Stielporlingsverwandten ( Polyporaceae ).

Features

The Tabby Sägeblättling is an approximately 3-9 cm wide holzbewohnender mushroom, with a first genabeltem, later funnel-shaped hat and a 3-9 cm long, 4-10 mm wide, often curved handle, which is central to slightly eccentric, after tapers down and deeply infected with a long " root " in the wood. The Hutoberseite is almost black in young specimens the blackish layer ruptures in the growth of fruit body grown, brown - blackish hairy scales that give the fungus its characteristic tabby appearance. The brim of the hat is rolled first, later is often cracked. The forced standing, far lolly decurrent lamellae are narrow and in young fruit bodies white. They turn yellow in older copies on lemon yellow to ocher. The cutting of the fins is first feinschartig and some sawn, tears during growth on last frayed. The stem is at the top of white, including brownish to blackish dots or fine scales, the veil belt is transient. The fruiting bodies appear solitary or tufted. The flesh is tough, white and very thin.

Ecology

The Tabby Sägeblättling is a holzbewohnender saprophyte, inhabited the deciduous woods in Germany are the main substrates poplar and willow species, along with other hardwoods are populated. The populated by tiger- woods Sägeblättling often located close to the water or lie partly in the water. The fungus colonized in particular various types of lowland forest, he loves warmth and occurs particularly in climatically favored power valleys. Outside of the riparian forests, the fungus in parks, are found on roadsides and similar sites.

Dissemination

The species is apparently widespread cosmopolitan, in the Holarctic, it occurs in warmer to temperate regions. In Germany the Tabby Sägeblättling is widely but irregularly distributed to climatically favorable sites.

Importance

The Tabby Sägeblättling is insignificant as wood inhabitants, as edible mushroom it is not suitable.