6 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Shell or hoof shaped, laterally attached, finely velvety, white when young, becoming ochraceous with age, to about 10 mm across Gills Distant, white, then gradually becoming reddish brown Flesh Fragile, white Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season Autumn to early winter Distribution Very rarely reported Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print Cinnamon Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, with coarse warts (7.5-10) x (5-6.5) µm2. Pileipellis of interwoven hyphae with clamps, terminating hyphae sometimes branched. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical to irregularly lageniform often with a long snout. Edibility Unknown Notes This species was identified using the key in Funga Nordica (2008). 
6 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 6 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap hyphae with clamps in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 6 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap cuticle hyphae with clamps in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 6 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Branched terminating cap cuticle hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 6 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 6 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |