24 March 2023 Leckford Estate, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, surface smooth to floury, whitish to greyish Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, as well as dead Rubus and Clematis vitalba stems Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth (10.5-18) x (4-8) µm2. Basidia ovoid to pear shaped 2 to 4 spored, longitudinally septate. Hyphal system monomitic, septa with clamps. Cystidia absent. Dendrohyphidia present, club shaped or branched. 
A crop from the previous image. 24 March 2023 Leckford Estate, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in congo red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 24 March 2023 Leckford Estate, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in congo red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 24 March 2023 Leckford Estate, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |