Flammulina-velutipes_1M

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Flammulina velutipes, probably Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983)Winter Mushroom, Velvet StemSlo.: zimska panjevkaDat.: Dec. 11. 2011Lat.: 46.33440 Long.: 13.59756Code: Bot_581/2011_IMG8137 Habitat: Mainly broadleaf forest next to river bed, locally flat terrain but in a short gorge, calcareous bedrock, very humid place with several springs, mostly in shade, no sun during winter months, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 410 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: fallen thick Salix sp. trunk covered by mosses, partly rotten.Place: East Bovec basin, left shore of river Soa downstream of Krovec farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Spore print as well as habitat fit well to Flammulina velutipes f. longispora Bas, Persoonia 12(1): 62 (1983). This form is not (yet?) accepted by Index Fungorum however it is discribed in Ref (5). and Ref.(6). from where spore dimensions have been taken for this form. Growing in small groups and solitary, several fruitbodies; pileus diameter up to 6 cm (2.3 inch), sticky cap; SP white. Spore dimensions: 9.3 (SD = 0.6) x 3.5 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 2.7 (SD = 0.18), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Congo Red. Ref.:(1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 220. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 170. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 388. (4) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p32. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 389. (6) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p245.