24 March 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Tubulicrinis karstenii , Phanerochaete karstenii, Stereum karstenii Fruiting Body Resupinate, initially forming small round patches which gradually coalesce, surface smooth to coarsely lumpy, whitish, yellowish or ochraceous, margin finely fibrous and whitish, often forming large patches Flesh Firm Smell Indistinct Season Autumn to spring Distribution Rarely reported Habitat On rotten wood from conifers, favouring pine Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth (4.5-5) x (1.2-1.5) µm2. Basidia cylindrical 4 spored. Hyphal system dimitic. Generative hyphae thin walled, with clamps, 2 - 3 µm wide. Skeletal hyphae thick walled, 3 - 5 µm wide. Pseudocystidia emerging from the skeletal hyphae, cylindrical, thick walled except at the apex. Hymenial cystidia cylindrical, thin walled, slightly encrusted. Edibility Inedible Notes The photographs from Bramdean common show the same specimen over several years 
24 March 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
D:\Images\Z6\2023\2023-03-24 Leckford Estate\Focus Merge _DSC8458-8472 Dacryobolus karstenii.jpg. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
22 December 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
22 December 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
22 December 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
22 December 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On a rotten conifer trunk. 25 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
25 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
25 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 25 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia and hymenial cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 25 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A pseudocystidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 25 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
7 February 2022 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 7 February 2022 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |