Image of Clitocybe nebularis (Batsch) P. Kumm. 1871

Description:

Slo.: poprhnjena livka - Habitat: mossy upland grassland with scattered Picea abies, Juniperus comm unis Fraxinus ornus, Corylus avellana, etc., fairly flat, quite deep, humid, calcareous, south faced ground, partly in shade of a Picea abies, exposed to rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 890 m (2.900 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: Spores 7,2 (SD=0,6) x 4,0 (SD=0,3) micr, n= 30. Motic B1-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water. Spore print light gray-ocher with a slight tint of green, taste mild, unpleasant, smell rank, a kind of mushroomy but very specific. - Ref.: personal communication Mr. Bojan Rot http://www.gobenabovskem.si/. J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p 162. R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 210. D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 159.