Hygrocybe-pratensis_4

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Hygrocybe pratensis syn.: Cuphophyllus pratensis, Hygrophorus pratensisMeadow Waxy CapSlo.: travnika tratnicaDat.: Oct. 20. 2010Lat.: 46.33209 Long.: 13.68841Code: Bot_472/2010_DSC5986 Habitat: Unimproved grassland, northeast oriented slope, calcareous ground, mostly sunny, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevations 615 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: grassland soil. Place: Vrsnik valley, at the foot of Mt. rni vrh, 1.544 m (5.064 feet), East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: growing scattered or solitary; pileus dry; taste and smell mild, undistinctive; SP white; pileus diameter 6 (9) cm (2.3 (3.5) inch). Spore dimensions: 6,6 (SD = 0,5) x 4,6 (SD = 0,3) micr., Q = 1,42 (SD = 0,10), n = 30. Ref.: (1) D. Boertmann, Hygrocybe, 2nd Rev., Svampetryk (2010), p 46(2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 102(3) Personal communication with Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.si .(4) www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrocybe_pratensis.html .(5) www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Hygrocybe_pratensis.htm .