On a fallen branch in a church yard. 14 November 2022 Upper Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, pores round or irregular, whitish, yellowish, orange, pink or dark purple, about 3 to 5 pores per mm, margin concolorous to whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On fallen deciduous wood Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, containing oil drops, smooth, hyaline (5.5-8) x (2-2.5) µm2. Hyphal system monomitic, encrusted or rough, simple septate. Cystidia not present. Basidia club shaped with 4 spores. Edibility Inedible Notes Both collections illustrated here were identified by DNA testing carried out by Eric Janke of the Hampshire Fungus Recording Group, in collaboration with the British Mycological Society. 
On a fallen branch in a church yard. 14 November 2022 Upper Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 14 November 2022 Upper Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 14 November 2022 Upper Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Found by Eric Janke. 27 November 2022 Chappetts Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |