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Elaphomyces striatosporus found in Sweden
Author(s) -
Kers Lars E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1984.tb01975.x
Subject(s) - biology , habitat , locality , botany , taxonomy (biology) , fungus , type locality , ecology , philosophy , linguistics
Elaphomyces striatosporus (Ascomycetes, Plectascales), originally described from a single find from southern Norway, is recorded from five localities in Sweden. The known Scandinavian distribution is mapped. Notes on morphology and habitats are presented. The peculiar exospore ornamentation found in the original material, is characteristic also of the new finds. The fungus grows in close association with Corylus avellana , with which it probably forms mycorrhiza. The northernmost Swedish locality corresponds to a relict locality for Corylus. It is suggested that E. striatosporus too may be a relic there.