Image of Clitocybe dealbata

Description:

Slo.: pobeljena livka - syn.: Clitocybe rivulosa (Pers.: Fr.) Kummer - Habitat: alpine pasture near mixed wood edge; flat terrain, open, sunny place; old alluvium, calcareous ground; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 970 m (3.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comments: Some authors claim that Clitocybe dealbata is deadly poisonous species. Growing in a group of several pilei. SP whitish, crme, oac858. Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4,3 [5,1 ; 5,4] 6,2 x 3 [3,5 ; 3,7] 4,2 microns; Q = 1,2 [1,4 ; 1,5] 1,7; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 5,2 x 3,6 microns; Qe = 1,5. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera. Ref.: (1) Id'ed by Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.com (2) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 187. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 92. (5) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3., Verlag Mykologia (1991), p 152. (6) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 168.