On rotten oak. 23 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Lachnum niveum Fruiting Body Cup shaped, then flattened, inner surface smooth, whitish to cream, underside hairy, white, attached to the substrate by a distinct stem, to about 2 mm across Flesh Thin, white Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from oak and, more rarely, beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Ascospores spindle shaped, smooth (6-9) x 2 µm2. Paraphyses narrow, cylindrical, septate. Asci eight spored. Hairs cylindrical, tips often expanded, septate, encrusted apart from the tips. Edibility Inedible Notes Easily confused with other species in the Dasyscyphella and Lachnum genera 
Spores in Lactophenol Cotton Blue viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 23 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Asci and paraphyses in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 23 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hairs on the outside of the cup in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 23 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |