21 February 2009 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Cup shaped, then flattened, pale brown, to about 1 cm across Stem Slender, equal, concolorous with the cap Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late winter to spring Distribution Frequent Habitat On fallen catkins from alder, hazel and willow Microscopic Features Spores spindle shaped to ellipsoidal, smooth (8-10) x (4.5-5.5) µm2. Asci eight spored. Paraphyses slender, swollen at the tips and extending slightly beyond the asci. Edibility Inedible 
21 February 2009 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On hazel catkins. 3 April 2010 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |