Image of Grey Agaric

Description:

Slo.: mika, prstena kolobarnica - Habitat: Open predominantly Pinus sp. forest, south oriented slope, warm place, calcareous ground, under a Pine, almost fully exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 735 m (2.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Spore print white to crme. Taste and smell mild, indistinctive. These mushrooms grow in groups and lines. Spore dimensions: 7,3 (SD=0.5 x 4.8 (SD=0.4) micr., n=20. Motic B1-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication Mr. Bojan Rot, http://www.gobenabovskem.si/index.php (2) J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p 68. (3) G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p 143. (4) M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 154 (5) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 182.