Calvatia excipuliformis_1M

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Calvatia excipuliformisPestle Puffball, BeutelstaeublingSlo.: visoka pleivkaDate: August 28. 2009Lat.: 46.44477 Long.: 13.63453Code: Bot_374/2009-2557Habitat: Steep stony slope with upland grass patches, calcareous rock, south oriented, full sun and precipitations exposed, average precipitations 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, elevation 2.200 m (7.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil Place: South slopes of Mt. Travnik, 2.200 m (7.218 feet), north part of Mt. Mangart's flats, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: Up to 10 cm (4 inches) high and up to 5 cm (2 inches) diameter. Spores round with warts, diameter 5.4 (SD=0.3) micr., n=25. Motic B1-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water.Ref.:M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 304R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1084D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 686