16 August 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Top shaped to disk shaped, upper surface smooth, dark red, dark brown or black, underside brown, rough, becoming darker with age, narowly attached to the substrate Flesh Blackish brown, rubbery Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood of deciduous trees, favouring oak Spore Print Dark brown Microscopic Features Spores kidney shaped, smooth (11-14) x (6-7) µm2, asci club shaped or cylindrical Edibility Not edible Notes The upper surface is coated with a thick layer of spores which blackens a finger when rubbed 
16 August 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
25 August 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
25 August 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
13 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
8 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |