Tricholomopsis-decora_2M

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Tricholomopsis decora Prunes and CustardSlo.: lina trhlenkaDat.: Oct. 24. 2011Lat.: 46.32960 Long.: 13.52489Code: Bot_565/2011_DSC0456 Habitat: Mixed wood: Picea abies, Pinus nigra, Fagus sylvatica, Fraxinus ornus and Fraxinus excelsior, etc; flat terrain, shallow forest soil layer, probably somewhat acid, old consolidated river deposit, calcareous ground, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Fallen rotten trunk of a small Pinus nigra.Place: Bovec basin, west of Bovec, on the terrace east of Bovec golf playground, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Several fruitbodies on the log, pileus diameter up to 6.5 cm (3.5 inch), taste and smell indistinctive, SP white with faint pink tint (oac795), cup golden-yellow (oac852), gills deep golden (oac811), stipe concolorous with gills, lighter at the base. Spore dimensions: 7.2 (SD = 0.5) x 5.3 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 1.4 (SD = 0.09), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) Id'ed by Mr. Bojan Rot. (2) www.mushroomexpert.com/tricholomopsis_decora.html .(3) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Tricholomopsis_decora.htm .(4) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 98. (5) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 150.