Tapinella-atrotomentosa_3

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Tapinella atrotomentosa (Batsch) utara, syn.: Paxillus atrotomentosus (Batsch.) FriesVelvet Rollrim, Velvet Pax, Velvet-footed Pax, DE.: SamtfusskremplingSlo.: ametna podvihankaDat.: Aug. 24. 2014Lat.: 46.36138 Long.: 13.70092Code: Bot_828/2014_DSC3095Habitat: mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; moderately southeast inclined foot of a mountain; rather dry place, in shade; shallow, skeletal, calcareous ground, old overgrown scree slope; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 630 m (2.070 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Picea abies stump in its final stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, above 'Na melu' place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Tapinella atrotomentosa is a cosmopolitan, relatively common species. Yet it is not frequently seen in my region. It is a striking, interesting mushroom with its large, mostly dark brown, velvety pileus and primarily by its thick, almost black and coarsely velvety stipe. Latin word 'atrotomentosus' translates to "black-haired". Nothing similar exists in our woods, therefore determination isn't difficult.In this observation it was growing solitary; pileus dimensions 16 x 12 cm, stipe 5 cm long and 3 cm thick; taste mildly mushroomy; smell mild, mushroomy, slightly on a perfume; flesh thick, brittle; SP light-ocher, oac814.Spores smooth. Dimensions: 4,4 [5,6 ; 6] 7,2 x 3,3 [3,7 ; 3,8] 4,2 microns, Q = 1,3 [1,5 ; 1,6] 1,7; N = 42; C = 95%, Me = 5,8 x 3,8 microns; Qe = 1,5. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 104.(2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 50. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 420. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 208.(5) D. Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 478. (6) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 2., Ulmer (2000), p 346.