Suillus bovinus_6

Description:

Suillus bovinusJersey cow mushroom, KuhroerhlingSlo.: kravnjaa, prona lupljivkaDate: Oct. 02. 2009Lat.: 46.40337 Long.: 13.70669Code: Bot_387/2009-5517Habitat: Grassland, former pasture overgrown with scattered Picea abies and some Larix decidua, flat sandy calcareous ground, well settled alluvial deposits, fairly sunny, exposed to direct rain, average temperature deg C, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, elevation 960 m (3.150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mossy soilPlace: Zadnja Trenta valley, near ex Fjori farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: Determination not sure. Surprising, but definitely no Pinus sp. around, but a few young Picea abies at 3-5 m (10 - 16 feet) away and a few large Larix decidua at about 10+ m (30+ feet) away. According to literature it should be mycorrhiza with Pinus sp.?? Unusually strongly decurent pores, cuticle sticky, 5 - 6 specimens in a loose group. Spore print faint, ocker(?). Spore dimensions: 10.0 (SD=0.7) x 4.3 (SD=0.2) micr, n=20. Ref.:G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p 269J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p 25M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 48R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 34R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Mayer (2008), p 368