Image of Cortinarius varius (Schaeff.) Fr. 1838

Description:

Slo.: arasta koprenka - Habitat: mixed wood edge of a small alpine pasture, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant, found under Picea abies, moderately south inclined terrain, calcareous ground,shallow soil layer, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 775 m (2.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter up to 11 cm, stipe 7 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, its base 3.5 cm in diameter; taste and smell mushroomy, pleasant; SP abundant, red brown, oac720. Determination to some extent questionable, spores are of the right shape and surface, but they are a little bit too wide. - Spores finely warty, warts hardly visible with my scope. Dimensions:11.4 (SD = 0.4) x 6.9 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 1.65 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera. - Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication, IDed by Mr. Bohan Rot. www.gobenabovskem.si (2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 750. (3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 206. (4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 184.