31 October 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Cylindrical, slender, sometimes branched, surface smooth, bright golden yellow to orange yellow, to about 1.5 cm long Flesh Tough, yellow Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood, favouring beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth (7-10) x (3-4) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes Specimens on coniferous wood could be confused with Calocera viscosa |