Hyphoderma setigerum

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Hyphoderma setigerum

Found by Paul Hugill. 20 August 2023 Matley, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Fruiting Body

Resupinate, smooth to lumpy, whitish to yellowish with ochraceous tints, margin usually fibrous

Flesh

Whitish, firm

Smell

Indistinct

Season

All year

Distribution

Very common

Habitat

On dead wood, usually from deciduous trees, but also from conifers

Microscopic Features

Spores narrowly ellipsoidal to suballantoid, smooth, filled with droplets (7-11) x (3-4.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, subclavate to suburniform with basal clamp. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 3 to 4 µm wide, clamped. Two kinds of cystidia present. Septocystidia cylindrical, septate, clamped, often strongly encrusted. Lagenocystidia cylindrical, smooth, thin walled.

Edibility

Inedible

Notes

Possibly a species complex

Hyphoderma setigerum

Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 20 August 2023 Matley, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphoderma setigerum

Hyphae with clamped septa in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 August 2023 Matley, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphoderma setigerum

Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 August 2023 Matley, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphoderma setigerum

26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphoderma setigerum

Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphoderma setigerum

Septocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphoderma setigerum

Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.