15 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding, funnel shaped with age, hygrophanous, whitish to pale pink, to about 4 cm across Gills Decurrent, somewhat distant, white then salmon pink Stem Cylindrical, whitish sometimes with a pink tinge Flesh Whitish, firm Smell Faint, like tomato leaves Taste Indistinct Season Autumn to winter Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On small branches and litter in woods, usually with deciduous trees, favouring beech Spore Print Spore print Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (7-9) x (4-5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored. Clamp connections present. Edibility Inedible Notes I am grateful to Andreas Gminder for his help in identifying the specimens shown. 
Spores in Congo red viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 15 November 2015. Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap hyphae in Congo red showing clamp connections viewed with a x40 objective. 15 November 2015. Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |