Cantharellus xanthopus_5

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Cantharellus xanthopus syn.: Cantharellus lutescens, Craterellus lutescens, Craterellus auroraYellow-footed Chanterelle, Starkriechender PfifferlingSlo.: olta trobentaDate: Oct. 13. 2009Lat.: 46.38253 Long.: 13.78549Code: Bot_392/2009-6329Habitat: Young open mixed wood, predominately Picea abies and some Pinus.sp and Fagus sylvatica, mossy, quite humid ground, in half shade, no sun during winter months, nearly flat calcareous terrain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 830 m (2.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: grassy and mossy groundPlace: Zadnjica valley, lower Strunik place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment: Growing in small groups, many specimens. Ref.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p 309J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p 126M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 306D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), pp 665.