Hyphodontia alutaria

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Hyphodontia alutaria

20 May 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Fruiting Body

Resupinate, smooth to lumpy, pale yellow when young, then ochraceous

Flesh

Soft

Smell

Indistinct

Season

All year

Distribution

Common

Habitat

On rotten wood from deciduous trees and conifers

Spore Print

White

Microscopic Features

Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (4.5-5) x (3-3.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, club shaped to cylindrical with median constriction. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 2 to 3 µm wide, clamped. Two kinds of cystidia present. Septocystidia cylindrical with an expanded globular apex, septate, clamped. Lagenocystidia needle shaped, apex encrusted, resembling a dental drill.

Edibility

Inedible

Hyphodontia alutaria

A crop from the previous image. 20 May 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

20 May 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 20 May 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

Septocystidia and leptocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 20 May 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

18 Februrary 2023 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

A crop from the previous image. 18 Februrary 2023 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

18 Februrary 2023 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 18 Februrary 2023 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

Septocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 18 Februrary 2023 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

Lagenocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 18 Februrary 2023 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

A close up view of the surface. 12 February 2022 Hall Lands, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 12 February 2022 Hall Lands, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

Lagenocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 12 February 2022 Hall Lands, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Hyphodontia alutaria

Septocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 12 February 2022 Hall Lands, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.