Image of Laccaria amethystina Cooke 1884

Description:

Slo.: vijoličasta bledivka - 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. - Comments: To my experiencea not so common substrate these cones. 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. 9 rund (3) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 188. 8,5-10/7-8 (4) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 181. 8/10 (5) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 224. 7-10 rund