Russula_virescens_1M

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Russula virescensQuilted Green RussulaSlo.: zelenkasta golobicaDat.: Sept. 06. 2010Lat.: 46.33422 Long.: 13.53034Code: Bot_455/2010_DSC4550 Habitat: Mixed forest, deciduous trees dominant, nearly flat terrain, cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock, in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevations 430 m (1.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Bovec basin, west of Bovec, near the trail from station A of the Kanin cable car to village Pluna, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary, pileus diameter about 8 cm, taste mild and smell indistinctive, spore print white. Spore dimensions: 7,8 (SD=0,8) x 6,4 (SD=0,6) micr., Q = 1,21 (SD=0,07), n = 30 . Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Ref.:(1) Determined by Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.si/(2) D. Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 95(3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 56(4) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 855(5) A. Poler, Veselo po gobe, Mohorjeva druba, Celovec (in Slovene), (2002), p 129