From: ir@ene.nu   
      
   On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:52:07 -0700, "Dimitar Bojantchev"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Irene Andersson"  wrote in message news:qkuae2dfj7r   
   q2o25c530fi263uibevlri@4ax.com...   
   >>   
   >> I was wondering about that clustered "Hebeloma" too. My first   
   >> impression was Armillaria tabescens, but can't be it if it had brown   
   >> spores, of course..   
   >   
   >It is Armillaria tabescens...  What can I say... Thank you, for starters.   
      
   Oh, this was a quick reply!   
      
   >Several things went wrong here -- one of my first inclinations was   
   >Armillaria due to the clustered habit, but I saw clamp connections   
   >and I was under the impression (wrongly obviously) that Armillaria   
   >doesn't have them. Second, the spore deposit from these small caps   
   >was not sufficient to ascertain color, but looking at the color of the   
   >gills it seemed exactly Hebelomish brown. Third, the spores must have   
   >had many small droplets because they seemed roughened to me.   
   >And then the shape was vey Hebelomish too -- broadly elliptical,   
   >inequilateral.  But the size I measured was 8.5-10.5x 6-7m, which   
   >exactly falls in line with  A. tabescens. Then the Fungi of Switzerland   
   >doesn't show that specie. I went through Volume 3 five times for this   
   >and others.   
   >   
   >Well, this one was very educational. You're truly The Queen of Fungal   
   >Cognizance.   
      
   Well, thanks... I was curiuos to know how you examined it, so thank   
   you for answering the question I didn't ask :-)   
      
   Irene Andersson   
      
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