Independently identified by Eric Janke and Leif Goodwin. 16 April 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, smooth, whitish to yellowish sometimes with a pinkish hue, margin well defined. Flesh Soft, whitish Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded, probably infrequent Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous trees Microscopic Features Spores cylindrical to narrowly ellipsoidal, smooth (8-14.5) x (3-5.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, clavate to suburniform. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 3 to 4 µm wide, clamped. Leptocystidia cylindrical, thin walled, smooth. Edibility Inedible Notes Note that the specimen from Doctors Hill had larger spores than indicated by the literature. It was identified by DNA sequencing carried out by Eric Janke of the Hampshire Fungus Recording Group in association with the British Mycological Society. I originally identified it as the closely related H. medioburiense. 
16 April 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 16 April 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
6 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the previous image. 6 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 6 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Leptocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 immersion objective. 6 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae with clamped septa in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 immersion objective. 6 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
This specimen was identified by DNA analysis carried out by the HFRG and BMS. 11 June 2022 Doctors Hill, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the previous image. 11 June 2022 Doctors Hill, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 11 June 2022 Doctors Hill, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A cystidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 11 June 2022 Doctors Hill, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 11 June 2022 Doctors Hill, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |