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Description:

Slo.: smrdljivi mavrahovec - Habitat: Light mixed wood with some ground vegetation, flysh bedrock, flat terrain, mostly in shade, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Growing scattered but solitary. Several specimens at the place. Spore dimensions: 4 (SD=0.3) x 1.7 (SD=0.1) micr., Q = 2.3 (SD=0.2), n = 33. - Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 300 (2) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1076 (3) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 768 (4) http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6601~source~gallerychooserresult.asp