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Hygrophorus pudorinus
Hygrophorus pudorinus
Spruce Waxy Cap
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 1218 0557 (2018-12-12)

Copyright © 2018 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Nov 27, 2018
  • latitude 46.36017   longitude 13.69838     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, right bank of river Soča; above Strgulc abandoned farm house, Soča 47, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: hojeva polževka - syn: Limacium pudorinum (Fr.) Wünsche, Hygrophorus abieticola Krieglst. ex Gröger & Bresinsky: 211 (2008) - Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies and Ostrya carpinifolia dominant trees; both trees near the fruit bodies; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; dry and relatively warm place; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 650 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: forest soil, growing virtually attached to thin underground, live roots (probably of Picea abies). - Comments: About 10 pilei growing on an area of about 6 x 6 m. All examined fruit bodies were virtually attached to thin (4-8 mm in diameter) still living roots. Pilei 4.2 – 7 cm in diameter, conspicuously sticky; gills firmly attached to the hut; stipe 4 – 7 cm long and 9-16 mm in diameter, dry, fibrous, with small, whitish floccules, hollow (except the youngest fruit bodies); smell almost none, slightly on soil or rotten leaves; taste not strong but interesting, on Picea abies needles syrup or some kind of chemistry; SP abundant, whitish, oac893. - Spores smooth, many with a single large oil drop. Dimensions: (6.8) 7.5 - 8.8 (9.3) × (3.9) 4.3 - 4.9 (5.2) µm; Q = (1.5) 1.6 - 1.9 (2); N = 35; Me = 8 × 4.6 µm; Qe = 1.7. - Asci dimensions: (35.3) 44.6 - 49.6 (50.2) × (4.8) 5 - 6.8 µm; Q = (6.1) 7.2 - 8.9 (9.4); N = 7; Me = 45.7 × 5.7 µm; Qe = 8.1. Hypha with clamps. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (spore, asci, hymenium); NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (pileipellis), in water; fresh material. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Index Herbariorum LJF @ Mycotheca and lichen herbarium of Slovenian Forestry Institute. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.si (2) https://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=H&l=l&nom=Hygrophorus%20pudorinus%20/%20Hygrophore%20pudibond&tag=Hygrophorus%20pudorinus&gro=23 (accessed Dec. 8. 2018) (3) https://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrophorus_pudorinus.html (accessed Dec. 9. 2018) (4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 132. (5) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Württembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 99. (6) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 114. (7) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 70. (8) http://www.pilze-deutschland.de/organismen/hygrophorus-abieticola-krieglst-ex-gr%C3%B6ger-bresinsky-2008-1 (accessed Dec.11. 2018)
  • camera   AmScope AM500
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_1166/2018_4397
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

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  • common names   Spruce Waxy Cap (photographer)
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