5 December 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, or rarely bracket shaped, poroid, pores white to yellow, irregular, large, 1-3 per mm, tubes to 5 mm Flesh Whitish Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Frequent Habitat On wood from decidous trees and shrubs Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores cylindrical, smooth, hyaline (8-12) x (3.5-4.5) µm2. Hyphal system dimitic, generative hyphae with clamps. Basidia club shaped, 2 to 4 spored, with basal clamp. Edibility Inedible 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 5 December 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Cngo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 5 December 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |