On a fallen oak trunk. 5 March 2022 The Vyne, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Forming a layer on the substrate, thin, easily detached, smooth or somewhat lumpy, whitish, margin well defined Flesh Thin, fragile, whitish Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood, fallen leaves, and soil Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to pip shaped, smooth, inamyloid (4.5-5.5) x (3-3.5) µm2. Hyphal system monomitic, thin walled, clamps absent. Basidia club shaped, 4 spored. Cystidia absent. Edibility Inedible 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 5 March 2022 The Vyne, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 5 March 2022 The Vyne, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |