Laccaria-amethystina_2M

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Laccaria amethystinaAmethyst DeceiverSlo.: vijoliasta bledivkaDat.: Oct. 20. 2012Lat.: 46.42887 Long.: 13.61692Code: Bot_672/2012_DSC5790 Habitat: A forest clear-cut, dominant Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica, Abies alba; south oriented mountain slope, calcareous bedrock; relatively warm place, open sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 2-4 deg C, elevation 1.420 m (4.650 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: forestry waist, growing from cones and other wood debris.Place: Mt. Mangart region, northeast ridge of Mt.Planja, 1.553 m, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: A not so common substrate. Growing solitary and in small groups of a few fruitbodies. Pileus diameter from 3 to 4.5 cm, stipe up to 7 cm long; SP beige-yellowish (oac855); taste mild mushroomy but unpleasant, smell faint pleasant. Spores spiny. Dimensions: 8.9 (SD = 0.5) x 8,1 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 1.1 (SD = 0.04), n = 30. Olympus CH20, Olympus NEA 100x/1.25, AmScope MA500, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) Personal communication Mr. Anton Poler(2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 146. (3) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 188. (4) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT (5) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Micro 105mm/f2.8