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Lactarius porninsis
Lactarius porninsis
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 1113 2649 (2013-11-21)

Copyright © 2013 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Oct 19, 2013
  • latitude 46.17385   longitude 13.81470     View on Google Maps.
  • location   North of Ljubin village near town Tolmin, below the top of Tlaka hill, 911 m (2.988 feet), East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: mecesnova mlečnica - Habitat: mountain pasture with scattered groups of Larix decidua and Picea abies trees, full sun, modestly inclined mountain slope, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 2.600 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 870 m (2.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil, under Larix decidua. - Comments: Growing scattered solitary and in groups; several pilei present.This mushroom grows mostly in the Alps and is strictly growing under Larix decidua trees. Is it edible or not seems questionable. In the literature one can find everything - from delicious, edible, conditionally edible to not edible. Pileus diameter up to 9 cm, stipe 4-5 cm and 1.2 - 1.4 cm diameter; smell distinctive, fresh, pleasant, like fruit jam; taste mild, pleasant, like nuts; flesh brittle; SP very faint, whitish(?); milk white, not abundant, not changing color for a long time. - Spores warty. Dimensions: 9.2 (SD = 0.8) x 7.5 (SD = 0.5) μ, Q = 1.22 (SD = 0.07), n = 19. 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) Personal communication with Mr. Gregor Podgornik. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 82. (3) A. Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva družba Celovec (2002), p 246 (4) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 194.
  • camera   AmScope MA500 digital camera
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_764/2013_DSC8929
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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