Image of Cortinarius camphoratus (Fr.) Fr. 1838

Description:

Slo.: kafrna koprenka - Habitat: Southeast inclined mountain slope, mixed forest, mainly Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, calcareous bedrock, in shade, under a Picea abies, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevations 1.000 m (3.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter ~6 cm (~2.5 inch), smell strong, unpleasant, characteristic. SP brown-yellow. Spore dimensions: 10.0 (SD = 0.6) x 5.2 (SD.= 0.2) micr., Q.= 1,96 (SD = 0.12), n = 30. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication. Determined by Mr. Bojan Rot, www. gobenabovskem.si (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 216. (3) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 772. (4) A.Bessette, Mushrooms of Northeastern North America (1997), p106.