Image of Mycena haematopus (Pers.) P. Kumm. 1871

Description:

Slo.: krvobetna eladica - Habitat: Mixed wood side, rich mixture of Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Alnus incana, Ostrya carpinifolia, Corylus avellana, etc.; W inclined hill slope, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 425 m (1.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: dead fallen partly rotten but still in bark trunk of a deciduous tree and at the foot of still alive Alnus incana tree. - Comments: Growing in groups many species; taste indistinctive, like mold? smell specific but on what? SP whitish (oac900), caps violet-pink-brown (oac609), gills whitish with violet tint (oac654), milk abundant intensive violet-red (oac510). Spores smooth, with an oil drop. Dimensions: 9.1 (SD = 1.0) x 5.9 (SD = 0.4) micr., Q = 1.56 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 82. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 230. (3) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 356. (4) http://home.online.no/~araronse/Mycenakey/haematopus.htm (5). Id'ed by Mr. Bojan Rot.