Clitocybe-nebularis-II_17

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Clitocybe nebularisCloudy Clitocybe, Nebelkappe, Herbstblattl Slo.: poprhnjena livkaDat.: Nov. 14. 2012Lat.: 46.34939 Long.: 13.57231Code: Bot_677/2012_IMG1953 Habitat: pastures among scattered trees, south oriented mountain slope, warm place, partly in shade, calcareous ground, shallow soil layer, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 615 m (2.020 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil under Ostrya carpinifolia.Place: Bovec basin, pastures northeast of Plajerjeva skala place, foot of Mt. Rombon, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Growing in large groups, many species > 50, pileus diameter up to 12 cm, stipe up to 7 cm tall, stipe diameter up to 3 cm; taste mild mushroomy at the beginning then slightly unpleasant, smell faint mushroomy; flesh brittle, SP abundant whitish-beige; gills easily separable from pileus trama.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 7.4 (SD = 0.7) x 4.0 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 1.84 (SD = 0.16), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) A. Poler, Veselo po gobe, Mohorjeva Celovec, 2002, p 216(2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 210(3) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 159.