Image of Meadow waxcap

Description:

Slo.: travnika tratnica - Habitat: Unimproved grassland, northeast oriented slope, calcareous ground, mostly sunny, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevations 615 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: grassland soil. - Comments: growing scattered or solitary; pileus dry; taste and smell mild, undistinctive; SP white; pileus diameter 6 (9) cm (2.3 (3.5) inch). Spore dimensions: 6,6 (SD = 0,5) x 4,6 (SD = 0,3) micr., Q = 1,42 (SD = 0,10), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) D. Boertmann, Hygrocybe, 2nd Rev., Svampetryk (2010), p 46 (2) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 102 (3) Personal communication with Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.si . (4) http://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrocybe_pratensis.html . (5) http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Hygrocybe_pratensis.htm .