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Panaeolus semiovatus ssp. phalaenarum
Panaeolus semiovatus ssp. phalaenarum
Egghead Mottlegill
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0915 0408 (2015-09-05)

Copyright © 2015 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Sep 2, 2015
  • latitude 46.37083   longitude 13.73951     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Lower Trenta valley, south outskirts of village Trenta, left bank of River Soča, east of farmhouse Maselc, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: beli govnar - Habitat: grassland, pasture, northwest inclined mountain slope; shallow, skeletal, colluvial, calcareous ground; open place, partly sunny place, exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 610 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: rather old, washed-out horse dung. - Comments: Panaeolus semiovatus is considered as a mushroom with a ring on its stipe. However, some of them do not have it. In this observation there was no trace of it. Such observations are treated by different authors either on subspecies or variation level as Panaeolus semiovatus ssp./var. phalaenarum or on the species level as Panaeolus phalaenarum. Presently Index Fungorum recognizes as a valid name only Panaeolus semiovatus. How complex is the situation can be concluded by the fact that IF states 30 synonym names! - Growing in a group of four fruit bodies; the pilei diameters 52, 31, 14 and 13 mm, the largest pileus was 35 mm high; stipe firm, not hollow, without ring; stipe length/diameter 130/7 mm, 90/4.5 mm, 70/3 and 60/2.6 mm; smell slightly mushroomy; taste mild, indistinctive; SP dark warm brown, oac733 but darker. - Spores smooth, somewhat flattened. Dimensions: 14 [15.6 ; 16.3] 18 x 8.8 [10.1 ; 10.6] 11.9 microns; Q = 1.4 [1.5 ; 1.6] 1.7; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 16 x 10.4 microns; Qe = 1.5. 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) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 116. (2) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 261. (3) D. Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 355. (4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.4. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 261. (5) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 5., Ulmer (2010), p 597. (6) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 264.
  • camera   Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_910/2015/DSC8794
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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  • common names   Egghead Mottlegill (photographer)
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