24 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Hazel cup Fruiting Body Initially bladder shaped, splitting and opening to form a cup, outer surface coarsely scurfy, brown, inner surface smooth, brown, to about 2 cm across Flesh Firm, brown Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Winter and spring Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead hazel branches, less commonly on dead alder Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped or cylindrical, smooth (6-11) x (2-2.5) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
2 February 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
2 February 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
2 February 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |