8 October 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Tyromyces gilvescens Fruiting Body Resupinate, poroid, white, pale pink, or pale brown, tubes 1 to 4 mm thick, 3 to 5 pores per mm Flesh Soft, whitish Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Frequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, especially beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth, hyaline (3.5-5.5) x (1.5-2.0) µm2. Hyphal system monomitic, some hyphae encrusted, clamps present. Cystidia not present. Basidia club shaped with two to four spores. Edibility Inedible 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 8 October 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On a fallen beech log. 11 November 2022 Noar Hill, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 11 November 2022 Noar Hill, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Encrusted hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 11 November 2022 Noar Hill, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
9 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 9 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Encrusted hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 9 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae with clamps in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 9 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
16 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
16 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 16 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Encrusted hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 16 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |