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Hygrocybe chlorophana
Hygrocybe chlorophana
Golden Waxy Cap
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 1112 0613 (2012-11-10)

Copyright © 2012 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Oct 25, 2012
  • latitude 46.33039   longitude 13.68982     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Vrsnik valley, at the foot of Mt. Črni vrh, 1.544 m (5.064 feet), above the road to ‘Na skali’ village, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: obledela vlažnica - Habitat: Open, unimproved grassland, sheep pasture; moderately northeast oriented mountain slope, calcareous ground, mostly sunny, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 640 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: growing in a small group of about 8 pilei; pileus diameter 3-6 cm, very slimy, stem up to 8 cm long, 5-9 mm in diameter, slimy too, some compressed with longitudinal grove; context yellow, fragile; SP white (oac900); taste and smell indistinctive. - Spore dimensions: 8.3 (SD = 0.6) x 5.4 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 1.54 (SD = 0.09), n = 30. Olympus CH20, Olympus NEA 100x/1,25, oil, magnification 1.000 x, in water. - Ref.: (1) D. Boertmann, Hygrocybe, 2nd Rev., Svampetryk (2010), p 150. 7,5-9/4-5,5 (2) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 270. 6,5-9/4,5-6 (3) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Württembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p 43. (4) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 106. 8/4,5
  • camera   Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_676/2012_DSC5856
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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  • common names   Golden Waxy Cap (photographer)
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