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Calvatia excipuliformis
Calvatia excipuliformis
Pestle Puffball
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0110 0853 (2010-01-08)

Copyright © 2010 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Aug 28, 2009
  • latitude 46.44477   longitude 13.63453     View on Google Maps.
  • location   South slopes of Mt. Travnik, 2.200 m (7.218 feet), north part of Mt. Mangart's flats, East Julian Alps (Posoèje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: visoka plešivka - Habitat: Steep stony slope with upland grass patches, calcareous rock, south oriented, full sun and precipitations exposed, average precipitations 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, elevation 2.200 m (7.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: Up to 10 cm (4 inches) high and up to 5 cm (2 inches) diameter. Spores round with warts, diameter 5.4 (SD=0.3) micr., n=25. Motic B1-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Cylindrical sterile base persisting long after the rest disintegrates. - Ref.: M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 304. R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1084. D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 686.
  • camera   Nikon D70/ Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_374/2009-2557
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUNGUS
  • common names   Pestle Puffball (photographer)
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