13 November 2021 Minley, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Forming a thin layer on the substrate, surface granular, initially pale yellow becoming olive brown with age, margin whitish to pale yellow and fibrillose, often forming large patches Flesh Thin, soft Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Frequent Habitat Usually on rotten wood from conifers, very rarely on rotten wood from deciduous tree Spore Print Pale brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth, weakly cyanophilic, dextrinoid (9-13) x (6-8) µm2. Basidia clavate, four spored. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps sometimes present in basal hyphae. Cystidia absent. Edibility Inedible Notes Rather similar to C. puteana, and distinguished by dextrinoid spores and forming a thinner and smoother layer on the substrate 
13 November 2021 Minley, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 13 November 2021 Minley, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in KOH solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 13 November 2021 Minley, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |