Hygrocybe-conica_13

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Hygrocybe conica (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., syn.: Agaricus conicus Schaeff., Godfrinia conica (Schaeff.) Maire, Hygrocybe cinereifolia Courtec. & Priou, Hygrocybe conicopalustris R. Haller Aar., Hygrocybe pseudoconica J.E. Lange, Hygrophorus conicus (Schaeff.) Fr., Hypophyllum conicum (Schaeff.) Paulet, Hygrophorus nigrescens var. brevisporus DennisFamily: HygrophoraceaeEN: Blackening Waxcap, DE: Kegelige Saftling, Schwrzende SaftlingSlo.: koniasta vlanicaDat.: Sept. 20. 2022Lat.: 46.35926 Long.: 13.69890, WGS84Code: Bot_1483/2022_DSC8660Habitat: mixed wood, at the side of a trail; moderately inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 615 m (2.020 feet), alpine phytogeographical region (M. Wraber, 1969).Substratum: soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa; near abandoned farmhouse Strgulc, Soa 47, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments (pertain to pictures in the Flickr album Hygrocybe-conica_II): Mushrooms in the genus Hygrocybe are among the most beautiful of all growing in Slovenia. Waxy, shiny, vividly colored in all shades of rainbow are always a happy experience for me and I cannot resist to take some pictures of them. Hygrocybe conica is one of the commonest in my vicinity. It is of deep red color; however, it blackens immediately when touched and soon becomes all but beautifully.Ref.:(1) D. Boertmann, Hygrocybe, 2nd Rev., Svampetryk (2010), (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 104. (3) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 3, Ulmer (2001), p 45. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 72. (5) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 266.(6) A. Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p 300.