Image of Lyophyllum decastes (Fr.) Singer 1951

Description:

Slo.: rjavi zajek - syn.: Lyophyllum fumosum (Pers: Fr.) Orton, Lyophyllum loricatum (Fr.Khner), Lyophyllum aggregatum (Schaeffer) Khner, Lyophyllum conglobatum (Vit.) Moser, Lyophyllum cinerascens (Buill.) Giller - Habitat: mixed wood, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant trees; modestly steep, SE oriented mountain slope; shallow, skeletal soil layer, overgrown calcareous sand, stone and rocks; relatively dry and warm place; in shade; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 600 m (1.970 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: forest soil. - Comments: Growing in groups of several fruit bodies on two places some 100 m apart (see also observation Bot_838/2014_DSC4296 in the same day); pileus diameter up to 5 cm, viscid with young fruit bodies; cuticle thick, rubbery, peels easily; stipe up to 4 cm tall and 1.4 cm in diameter; sporocarps markedly fleshy and firm; taste mild, mushroomy; smell indistinctive, almost none; SP abundant but only after two days of collecting, yellowish-beige with slight green tint, oac13. - Spores smooth, subglobose. Dimensions: 5.8 [6.3 ; 6.6] 7.1 x 4.6 [5.1 ; 5.3] 5.8 microns; Q = 1.2 [1.23 ; 1.26] 1.3; N = 37; C = 95%; Me = 6.5 x 5.2 microns; Qe = 1.2. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, Congo red; live material. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Ref.: (1) G.J. Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Baden-Wrttembergs, Band 3., Ulmer (2001), p 307. (2) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 114. (3) S. Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 208. (4) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.3. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 220. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 275. (6) D. Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 174.