Lyophyllum paelochroum
Clmenon (1982)many thanks to Irene Andersson (
www.swefungi.se/ ) for help with ID!These medium-sized to large, fleshy fungi appeared in the anomalously cool and wet summer of 2009 in noticeable numbers. They were fruiting throughout the summer within residential areas of Akademgorodok in small groups on soil areas with scarce grass, usually near birch (
Betula pendula) . I had never seen these fungi before and was rather confused by the appearance of such large and conspicuous yet unknown species.They have the overall stature of a
Tricholoma terreum, but their cap is smooth with fine innate fibrils and their gills slowly stain blue and then black when bruised. The spores are white in mass, smooth, nearly globose, 5-6 m in diameter.A relatively recent monograph on Macromycetes of South-Western Siberia (N. Perova, I. Gorbunova, 2001) lists two other species of
Lyophyllum with black-staining reaction,
L. infumatum and
L. semitale, however, the former has large rhomboid spores and the latter is darker and is found in different habitats.
Cortinarius cinnabarinusCinnamon WebcapSlo.: cinobrasta koprenkaDat.: Oct. 21. 2012Lat.: 46.42758 Long.: 13.61919Code: Bot_673/2012_IMG1738 Habitat: Mixed mountain forest, predominantly Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, old stands, under Fagus sylvatica; modestly inclined south slope, calcareous bedrock, acid soil (Vaccinium myrtillus), relatively warm place , partly shady, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 2-4 deg C, elevation 1.335 m (4.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Between Mt. Planja, 1.553 m and Mt. Mali vrh, 1.991 m. below forest road east of Planja, Loka Koritnica valley, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing on two places some 70 m apart. On the first one in a small group of about 10 fruit bodies among Luzula, sp.(probably sylvatica), Oxalis acetosella and Vaccinium myrtillis; on the second one only two fruitbodies present, in a thicket of young Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies, in total shade, a place without ground vegetation (too dark). Pileus diameter 4 to 5 cm, stem up to 7 cm long. SP rosty red-brown, oac 687, abundant. Taste and smell indistinctive.Spores very finely warty, warts barely visible under my scope. Dimensions: 8.3 (SD = 0.6) x 5.4 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 1.54 (SD = 0.1), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25 oil, magnification 1.000 x, in water. Ref.:(1) Personal communication with Mr. Anton Poler.(2) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 350.(3) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 248. (4) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 224. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 708. (6) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 198.