On a fallen beech tree. 21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, smooth to somewhat lumpy, whitish to cream to pink, ochraceous with age, sometimes yellow due to a parasitic fungus, margin woolly Flesh Soft Smell Indistinct Season All year, more frequent in autumn and summer Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, favouring Elm Microscopic Features Spores globose, finely rough (6-8) µm. Basidia tubular to narrowly clavate, four spored, containing oil drops, with a basal clamp. Chlamydospores ovoid (8-10) x (6-8) µm2. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae with clamps. Cystidia absent. Edibility Inedible 
On a fallen beech tree. 21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae with clamps in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |