24 February 2023 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, pellicular and easily detached, whitish, to pale brown to ochraceous, margin fibrous Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous and coniferous trees Microscopic Features Spores subglobose to ovoid, smooth, cyanophilous (3.5-5) x (3-4) µm2. Basidia subcylindrical, with oily content, 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae thin walled with clamps. Cystidia absent. 
A crop from the previous image. 24 February 2023 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
24 February 2023 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 24 February 2023 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Lactophenol Cotton Blue solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 24 February 2023 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |