On a rotten hazel branch. 21 February 2022 Stancomb copse, Soldridge, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Forming thin patches on the substrate, tightly attached, smooth, sparse blunt spines appear with age, pink to brown, bruising dark red, margin whitish, fibrous Flesh Soft when fresh Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On fallen wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores cylindrical to sausage shaped, smooth (12-18) x (6-7) µm2. Basidia ellipsoid to clavate, longitudinally sepate, two to four spored. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 2 to 3 µm wide, hymenial hyphae thin walled, sparsely septate with clamps, basal hyphae thick walled, sinuous. Cystidia not present. Edibility Inedible Notes Easil recognised by the colour and presence of widely separated spines. I was unable to get any spores from the sample shown. It was identified by its macroscopic features. |