Clavariadelphus truncatus_8

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Clavariadelphus truncatusTruncate Club Coral, Flat-topped Coral, Abgesturtzte KeuleSlo.: prisekani kijecDate: Oct. 13. 2009Lat.: 46.38253 Long.: 13.78549Code: Bot_392/2009-6337Habitat: Young open mixed wood, Picea abies and some Fagus sylvatica, mossy ground, quite moist and shaded, no sun during winter months, nearly flat calcareous terrain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 830 m (2.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mossy groundPlace: Zadnjica valley, lower Strunik place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: Spore print faint, color hard to decide: white-light gray (?). Spore dimensions: 10,6 (SD=0.9) x 5.6 (SD=0.5) micr., n=30. Ref.:M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 308.D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 634.