29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, smooth, porosewhen viewed wih a hand lens, whitish to yellowish, ochraceous with age, margin fibrous Flesh Whitish, soft Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Unknown Habitat On rotten wood from oak Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth, containing multiple oil drops (6.9-8.1) x (4.3-5) µm2, Q = 1.5-1.8. Basidia 2 and 4 spored, clavate. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 2 to 3 µm wide, clamped. Leptocystidia projecting beyond the hymenium, cylindrical, sinuose, thin walled, smooth. Edibility Inedible Notes The specimen shown was DNA sequenced by Eric Janke in association with the BMS. The sequence matches the unnamed sequence MT537030.1. It does not match Hyphoderma multicystidium despite the good microscopy match. 
29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the previous image. The yellow cups are an unknown ascomycete. 29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hymenial surface in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |