Image of Chroogomphus rutilus (Schaeff.) O. K. Mill. 1964

Description:

Slo.: bakreni polar - Habitat: Foot of an overgrown alpine scree slope, among grass, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Lycopodium annotinum and other acid ground loving species, calcareous bedrock, under a Pinus mugo, almost flat terrain, quite sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 3-5 deg C, elevation 1.350 m (4.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: acid soil under a Pinus mugo. - Comments: Growing solitary, taste and smell indistinctive, SP dark gray. Spores smooth, dimensions: 17.8 (SD = 0.9) x 6.0 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 3.0 (SD = 0.16), n = 33. Motic B1-211A, Olymus NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 422. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 50. (3) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 271. (4) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p 341.