Image of Gomphidius glutinosus (Schaeff.) Fr. 1838

Description:

Slo.: veliki slinar - Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: sandy soil. - Comment: spore print abundant, dark blackish chesnut-brown. - Ref.: - G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242. - J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96. - Spore picture: magnification 1.000x, Motic B1-211 and Nikon D70, Nikkor 50 mm/f1.8