Botryobasidium candicans

Independently identified by Leif Goodwin and Eric Janke. 26 February 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Fruiting Body

Resupinate, thin, cobweb like, white to greyish

Smell

Indistinct

Season

All year

Distribution

Infrequent

Habitat

On dead wood from deciduous and coniferous trees

Microscopic Features

Spores navicular to subfusiform, smooth (6-8) x (3-4) µm². Basidia clavate to subcylindrical, 6 spored. Cystidia absent. Hyphal system monomitic, simple septate. The anamorph produces lemon shaped conidia (15-20) x (8-10) µm²

A crop from the previous image. 26 February 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Basidiospores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 26 February 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Conidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 26 February 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphae and conidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 26 February 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.