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Leccinum versipelle


Leccinum versipelle
Photo Information
Copyright: Laszlo Kaposvari (Hormon_Manyer) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 221 W: 26 N: 307] (1124)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-18
Categories: Fungi
Camera: HP Photosmart R817
Exposure: f/4
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Fungi of Hungary [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-08-18 23:59
Viewed: 547
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Yesterday we (my father and me) went to the Bükk mountains to pick mushrooms (fungi). This piece is, as a species, Leccinum aurantiacum. It has micorrhisa connection (both supporting each other) with poplar (Populus tremula), which means the mushroom's unable to live without that given tree species. "Leccinum" genus is having 15 species (10 in Europe), all on the Northern hemisphere, from arctical to subtropical lands. This one tastes very fine... :)

This was the original note. Marco ("sarcodon") informed me this isn't Leccinum aurantiacum, but Leccinum testaceo-scabrum (= L. versipelle). Thanx, Marco! Most probably he's right, and I'm sorry for my mistake. But it's very difficult to isolate these 2 species, because they're very similar to each other. Mycorrhysa connection should help, because L. aurantiacum is connecting to poplar (see above), while L. testaceo-scabrum to birch (Betula pendula). But there isn't pure birch forest, at least here in Hungary! It's ALWAYS mixed with poplar, so You can find the connected mushrooms of both, even on the same place. So, please forgive me this mistake.

I use the name version "L. testaceo-scabrum", because I found this form both in the fungi-bible, Bruno Cetto's "Der Grosse Pilzführer" (="The Big Mushroom-Catalogue" in English), and in "Urania, World of Plants and Animals" series, "Inferior Plants" book, too.
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To honza: L. quercinum, L. aurantiacum or L. versipelle?Sarcodon 1 07-25 08:07
To honza: Hi Jan,Hormon_Manyer 2 05-26 13:17
To Sarcodon: Hi Marco,Hormon_Manyer 1 08-24 07:48
To extramundi: Hi Felipe,Hormon_Manyer 1 08-20 14:31
To pablominto: Hello Pablo,Hormon_Manyer 1 08-19 00:42
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Hello Laszlo,
A fine mushroom, well captured!
Regretfully this is a reminder of autumn soon to come, after a summer that in my part wasn't very much this year...
Good colours and details!
Greeting,
Pablo -

Leccinum cap and stem, both have difficult textures to get right, velvet and rough. You succeeded! Lovely exposure colour and details. Looks perfectly postprocessed in my monitor, very natural.
Have a nice day.

Hi Laszlo,

i agree with Felipe (extramundi) this is a good photo.
Abouut ID your species isn't Leccinum aurantiacum (Bulliard 1791) Gray 1821, because it should have white decoration on stem, not black scales contrasting with the surface of the stipe.
This is Laccinum versipelle (Fries & Hök 1835) Snell 1944 [= Leccinum testaceoscabrum Secretan ex Singer 1947], with typical black scales on white background.

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Marco

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 542 W: 0 N: 678] (4051)
  • [2007-09-06 12:01]
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Nice mushroom and its photo. I think this is L. quercinum.

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