Botryobasidium subcoronatum

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Botryobasidium subcoronatum

Identified by Eric Janke, confirmed by Leif Goodwin. 26 February 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Fruiting Body

Resupinate, thin, cottony, white, then yellowish to ochraceous

Smell

Indistinct

Season

All year

Distribution

Common

Habitat

On dead wood from deciduous and coniferous trees

Microscopic Features

Spores navicular, smooth (6-8) x (2.5-3) µm2. Basidia subcylindrical, 6 spored. Cystidia absent. Hyphal system monomitic, septa with clamps. The anamorph is not known.

Botryobasidium subcoronatum

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

Botryobasidium subcoronatum

26 February 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Botryobasidium subcoronatum

26 February 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Botryobasidium subcoronatum

Found and identified by Eric Janke. 28 January 2023 Hall Lands Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Botryobasidium subcoronatum

A crop from the previous image. 28 January 2023 Hall Lands Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.