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Image of Honey Fungus

Image of Honey Fungus

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Slo.: sivorumena mraznica - Habitat: Beach wood, steep southeast faced mountain slope, calcareous ground, in shade and protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 700 m (2.300 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: growing from a large fallen and rotten Fagus sylvatica trunk and its roots. - Comments: Determination not certain. Quite old specimens shown growing from solitary to a few in groups. Spore dimensions: 8,3 (SD=0.5) x 5.3 (SD=0.4) micr, n=25. Motic B1-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. Taste and smell mild indistinctive. - Ref.: - Personal communication Mr. Bojan Rot, http://www.gobenabovskem.si/ G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p 157. M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 142. D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 196.

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