On a fallen beech log. 13 May 2023 Broughton Down, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, smooth to lumpy, white, cream, pinkish or ochraceous Flesh Waxy to gelatinous Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Microscopic Features Spores sub-globose to broadly ellipsoidal, thin walled, finely warty, strongly amyloid (3.8-4.7) x (2.7-3.2) µm2. Basidia clavate 2 to 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic, with clamps, 2-3 µm wide. Gloeocystidia numerous, cylindrical, tapered, sometimes with a monoliform apex. 
On a fallen beech log. 13 May 2023 Broughton Down, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 13 May 2023 Broughton Down, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 13 May 2023 Broughton Down, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gloeocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 13 May 2023 Broughton Down, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gloeocystidia in Melzer's solution viewed with a 40X objective. 13 May 2023 Broughton Down, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |