Image of Cortinarius subferrugineus

Description:

Slo.: ?? - Cortinarius subferrugineus (Batsch) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Upsaliae): 303 (1838) - Habitat: near a dirt road in mixed forest; dominant Fagus Sylvatica, Ostrya carpinifolia and Picea abiess; moderately inclined mountain slope, shallow soil over calcareous ground; dry, warm and partly sunny place, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 700 m (2.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Place: Bovec basin, above the road from Bovec to Kanin cable car station B, south of Mt. Vratni vrh, 1.996 m (6.546 feet), East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC - Comments: Determination not certain, no microscopy done. Growing in small group of a few fruitbodies. Pileus diameter up to 8 cm. Collected in dry weather. Photos taken at the Bovec Mushroom Fair 2012 on Oct. 19. 2012. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr.Bojan Rot. Leg.:A.T., Det.: Bojan Rot. (2) http://www.pilzbestimmer.de/Detailed/11800.html (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 5, Ulmer (2003), p 295. (4) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 198. (5) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 288.