Table 2.

Climatic data on the fruiting bodies sampling area for the year 2018.

		Cas			Cre			Mug
Altitude (m)		1,125			267			388
		Max T.	Min T.	Medium T.	Max T.	Min T.	Medium T.	Max T.	Min T.	Medium T.
Temperature (°C)	Jan	5.5	1.5	3.5	12.9	4.4	8.7	10.3	4.8	7.6
	Feb	0.5	−3.8	−1.7	8.8	0.2	4.5	5.2	0	2.6
	Mar	5	−0.1	2.5	13.1	4.3	8.7	10.2	4.1	7.2
	Apr	15.3	7.1	11.2	21.7	9.2	15.5	19.8	10.6	15.2
	May	16.9	9.6	13.3	22.9	12.4	17.7	21.7	12.9	17.3
	Jun	20.1	12.1	16.1	27.5	14.6	21.1	25.3	15.4	20.4
	Jul	24.5	15.3	19.9	31.6	17.2	24.4	29.5	17.5	23.5
	Aug	23.9	15.8	19.9	32.3	17.2	24.8	29.9	18.4	24.2
	Sep	20.6	12.6	16.6	28	14.3	21.2	26.6	15.3	21
	Oct	14.1	8.8	11.5	22.6	11.6	17.1	19.9	12.4	16.2
	Nov	8.2	4.2	6.2	15.1	7.1	11.1	12.6	7.3	10
	Dec	5.3	0.9	3.1	11.6	2.3	7	9.1	2.6	5.9
		Monthly	Days	Cumulative	Monthly	Days	Cumulative	Monthly	Days	Cumulative
		rainfall		rainfall	rainfall		rainfall	rainfall		rainfall
Rainfall (mm)	Jan	60.2	8	1248.4	38.2	5	900.2	83.6	15	987.2
	Feb	148.6	11		99.4	12		120.8	10
	Mar	309.2	17		175	17		195.4	18
	Apr	66	10		39.6	7		68.8	9
	May	101.6	14		131.4	19		86.4	11
	Jun	38.6	6		44.4	7		44.4	6
	Jul	111.6	6		37.2	4		43.4	5
	Aug	58.8	6		55.6	6		37.8	8
	Sep	62.4	4		55	4		14.4	4
	Oct	119.2	9		60.4	7		102.2	7
	Nov	116.8	15		94.6	11		95.2	12
	Dec	55.4	10		69.4	8		94.8	11

Data were downloaded from climate stations close to sampling sites. Cas, casentino (Chiusi della Verna; http://www.sir.toscana.it: TOS01000639); Cre, crete senesi (Asciano; http://www.sir.toscana.it; TOS03002621); Mug, mugello (Le Croci, Barberino del Mugello; http://www.sir.toscana.it: TOS01000926). Max T., maximum temperature; Min T., minimum temperature; Medium T., medium temperature.