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Russula adusta
Russula adusta
Winecork Brittlegill
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 1013 1411 (2013-10-26)

Copyright © 2013 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Oct 10, 2013
  • latitude 46.40449   longitude 13.70936     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Zadnja Trenta valley, south of the parking place at the end of the road in the Zadnja Trenta valley, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.:osmojena golobica - Habitat: Mixed forest, almost flat terrain, probably acid ground (Lycopodium agg.,Vaccinium myrtillus) on calcareous bedrock, humid place, in deep shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 960m (3.150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: forest soil. - Comments: Truly not one of the beautifully colored Brittlegills. However, still fun to find it since it is almost always well hidden under fallen leaves and other ground litter usually in deep shade. A good example of 'mimicry'. Growing in groups, several pilei, several almost totally covered by fallen beach leaves. Diameter up to 12 cm (5 inch); taste mild, smell indistinctive, earthy; flesh brittle but quite strong; SP pale yellow-ochre, oac894; peeling of cuticle modest. - Spores warty. Dimensions:8.1(SD= 0.6) x 7.1 (SD= 0.5) μ, Q= 1.14 (SD= 0.06), n= 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water.AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF - Ref.: (1) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 841. (2) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 47. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 296. (4) Personal communication with Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.si
  • camera   Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_758/2013_DSC8444
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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  • common names   Winecork Brittlegill (photographer)
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