Image of Hygrocybe coccinea (Schaeff.) P. Kumm. 1871

Description:

Slo.: enjeva vlanica - Habitat: In grass, unmaintained mountain pasture, flat terrain, calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations 2.000-2.600 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevations 1.050 m (3,450 feet), Dinaric phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: Growing solitary or in small groups, pileus diameter up to 35 mm (1.5 inch), SP white. Spore shape and dimensions: smooth, almond shaped, 7,3 (SD = 0,5) x 4,8 (SD = 0,4) micr., Q = 1,57 (SD = 0,09), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 114.(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 170. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 108.(4) A. Poler, Veselo po gobe, Mohorjeva druba, Celovec (2002), p 328.