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Cortinarius varius
Cortinarius varius
Contrary Webcap
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0214 0087 (2014-02-02)

Copyright © 2014 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Oct 18, 2013
  • latitude 46.41651   longitude 13.62648     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Log pod Mangartom, upper Loška Koritnica valley, south slopes of Mt. Mali vrh, 1991 m, near Ganza farm house, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: šarasta koprenka - Habitat: mixed wood edge of a small alpine pasture, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant, found under Picea abies, moderately south inclined terrain, calcareous ground,shallow soil layer, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 775 m (2.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter up to 11 cm, stipe 7 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, its base 3.5 cm in diameter; taste and smell mushroomy, pleasant; SP abundant, red brown, oac720. Determination to some extent questionable, spores are of the right shape and surface, but they are a little bit too wide. - Spores finely warty, warts hardly visible with my scope. Dimensions:11.4 (SD = 0.4) x 6.9 (SD = 0.3) μ, Q = 1.65 (SD = 0.08), 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) Personal communication, IDed by Mr. Bohan Rot. www.gobenabovskem.si (2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 750. (3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 206. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 184.
  • camera   Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_763/2013_DSC8841
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUNGUS
  • common names   Contrary Webcap (photographer)
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