Identified in the field by Alan Lucas. 17 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, waxy when moist, hard when dry, greyish to brown, forming extensive patches on the substrate Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On bark and dead wood of Yew and other conifers Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores cylindrical, smooth, amyloid (7-12) x (3-4) µm2. Basidia club shaped, 4 spored. Cystidia cylindrical with a heavily encrusted conical apex, thick walled, amyloid. Hyphal system monomitic, clamp connections present (hard to see). Edibility Inedible 
Identified in the field by Alan Lucas. 17 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 17 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Skeletocystidium in Melzer's solution viewed with a x40 objective. 17 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Skeletocystidia in Melzer's solution viewed with a x40 objective. 17 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |