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Image of Calocera viscosa (Pers.) Fr. 1821

Image of Calocera viscosa (Pers.) Fr. 1821

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Slo.: lepljivi roiki - Habitat: Dry and nutrient poor pasture, slightly southeast inclined mountain slope, shallow soil layer over settled scree, calcareous ground, dry and sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 620 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: completely rotten and moss covered stump of a small Picea abies. North side of the stump. - Comments: Photographed in a completely dry state, hence so red-orange. Growing solitary. Flesh hard in dry state. SP yellowish-white. 1-septate mature spores haven't been observed?? Spores smooth. Dimensions: 9.9 (SD = 0.7) x 4.1 (SD =0.3) micr., Q = 2.44 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. - Ref.: (1) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 350. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 674. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 324.

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