Psathyrella-candolleana_12

Description:

Psathyrella candolleanaSuburban PsathyrellaSlo.: zbledela rnivkaDat.: Sept. 20. 2010Lat.: 46.30041 Long.: 13.41878Code: Bot_459/2010-DSC5173Habitat: Cold northeast inclined and steep mountain slope, mixed forest, predominantly Fagus sylvatica, calcareous ground, in shade, protected from direct rain by three canopies, average precipitations ~ 3,000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevations 820 m (2,700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: a thick layer of rotten leaves with somewhat wood debris.Place: Northeast slope of Mt. Kobariki Stol ridge, lower Drnohla place, lower abandoned forest road, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia Comment: Growing in a small group. Spore print dark brown. Taste and smell pleasant and indistinctively 'mushroomy'. Hygrophanous and with hollow stem. Spore dimensions: 7,7 (SD = 0,4) x 4,4 (SD = 0,2) micr., Q = 1,77 (SD = 0,10), n = 30. Ref.:(1) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 268. (2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 573. (3) R. Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 310. (4) www.mushroomexpert.com/psathyrella_candolleana.html .(5) Personal communication with Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.si/ .