![]() A frosty specimen. 22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Upright, repeatedly branching from a common base, pale brown, tips darker, to about 7 cm high Flesh White, rather fragile Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat Unimproved grassland Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores globose with prominent apiculus or nose (4-6) µm. Basidia slender 2 and 4 spored. Edibility Inedible Notes This species could be confused with Ramariopsis subtilis, and species in the Clavulina and Ramaria genera ![]() 22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. ![]() 22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. ![]() Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. ![]() Two and four spored basidia in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. 22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |