Cantharellus-tubaeformis_3

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Cantharellus tubaeformisTrumpet ChanterelleSlo.: lijasta lisikaDat.: Oct. 06. 2012Lat.: 46.42773 Long.: 13.61550Code: Bot_665/2012_DSC5436Habitat: In mixed alpine forest, dominant Fagus sylvatica, some Picea abies, Abies alba; among grass; east oriented mountain slope, calcareous bedrock however apparently acid soil (presence of Vaccinium myrtillus); mostly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 2-4 deg C, elevation 1.480 m (4.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil, buried rotten wood debris.Place: Mt. Mangart region, northeast ridge of Mt.Planja, 1.553 m, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Substratum: soil, buried rotten wood debris.Comments: Growing in groups, many fruitbodies, pileus diameter up to 4 5.5 cm, stipe 2-3.5 cm long, taste indistinctive, smell mild, pleasant, mushroomy; flesh brittle; SP whitish-beige (oac900), trama pale ocher (oac883).Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.7 (SD = 0.5) x 7.2 (SD = 0.5) , Q = 1.35 (SD = 0.1), n = 30 . Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, LjubljanaRef.:(1) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 451. 9-12/6-8(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1012. 9-12/5-10 (3) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 273. 9-12/6,5-8