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Hygrocybe splendidissima
Hygrocybe splendidissima
Splendid Waxy Cap
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 1110 0603 (2010-11-11)

Copyright © 2010 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Oct 20, 2010
  • latitude 46.33174   longitude 13.68617     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Vrsnik valley, at the foot of Mt. Èrni vrh, 1.544 m (5.064 feet), East Julian Alps (Posoèje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: blešèeèa vlažnica - Syn.: Hygrocybe punicea f. splendidissima (P.D. Orton) D.A. Reid, Hygrocybe punicea var. splendidissima (P.D. Orton) Krieglst.,Hygrophorus splendidissimus P.D. Orton. - Habitat: Unimproved grassland, northeast oriented mountain slope, calcareous ground, mostly sunny, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevations 650 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: grassland soil. - Comments: growing scattered; pileus dry and shiny; stem irregularly compressed or twisted, concolorous with the cap; SP white; pileus diameter 2 (3) cm (0.8 (1,2) inch); smell indistinctive (fresh mushroom). Spore dimensions: 8,3 (SD = 0,5) x 4,8 (SD = 0,3) micr., Q = 1,74 (SD = 0,12), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Protection: Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'I'. Supposedly endangered but not assigned to any particular protection category due to insufficient data. - Ref.: (1) D. Boertmann, Hygrocybe, 2nd Rev., Svampetryk (2010), p 104 (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 106 (3) Personal communication with Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.si .
  • camera   Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_472/2010_DSC5997
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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  • common names   Splendid Waxy Cap (photographer)
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