9 March 2008 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Kidney shaped or shell shaped, surface smooth to finely downy, lobed, margin often notched, whitish to pale brown, to about 20mm across Gills Fairly distant, whitish then pinkish brown Flesh White, thin Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn to winter Distribution Common Habitat On twigs and branches, usually from deciduous trees Spore Print Pinkish cinnamon Microscopic Features Spores sub-globose, finely warty (6.5-8.5) x (5-7) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This fungus is easily confused with C. variabilis, though the two are readily separated by examination of the spores under a microscope |