Russula_integra_7

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Russula integraSlo.: usnjata golobica Dat.: Sept. 06. 2010Lat.: 46.33422 Long.: 13.53034Code: Bot_455/2010_DSC4588 Habitat: Mixed forest, deciduous trees dominant, moderately steep southwest inclined slope, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevations 430 m (1.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: forest soil rich in humus, among rotten leaves and wood debris.Place: Bovec basin, west of Bovec, near the trail from station A of the Kanin cable car to village Pluna, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing scattered but solitary, pileus diameter about 5-7 cm, taste very mild and smell indistinctive. Spore print intensive yellow-ochre. After some drying gills turned to almost golden yellow. Spore dimensions: 9,8 (SD=0,8) x 8,0 (SD=0,6) micr., Q = 1,22 (SD=0,08), n = 30 . Ref.:(1) Personal communication; determined by Mr. Anton Poler(2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 101(3) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 893(4) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 66(5) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6023~sou...