Image of Hygrophorus eburneus (Bull.) Fr. 1838

Description:

Slo.: bela polevka - Habitat: Mixed wood side, rich mixture of Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Alnus incana, etc.; under a Fagus sylvatica, W inclined hill slope, calcareous ground, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 415 m (1.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: forest soil, leaf litter. - Comments: Growing solitary but many scattered around; pileus diameter up to 8 cm (3 inch), taste mild, smell mild, slightly unpleasant, cap an stalk sticky, white (oac900-oac909), gills whitish-beige (oac857), SP whitish (oac851). - Spores smooth. Dimensions: 7.5 (SD = 0.4) x 4.5 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 1.64 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 68. (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 114. (3) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 245. (4) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 119. (5) Personal communication with Mr. Bojan Rot.