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 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 20 August 2023 Matley, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae with clamped septa in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 August 2023 Matley, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 August 2023 Matley, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Septocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |