On a very rotten hazel branch. 11 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, poroid, orange, pink to pinkish brown, margin white, pores irregular, 5 to 7 pores per mm, about 2 mm thick, forming patches several cm across Flesh Soft, pale Smell Faint, indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth, with drops (3.5-4.5) x (2-2.5) µm2. Cystidia thick walled, cylindrical to club shaped, end encrusted. Hyphal system dimitic. Generative hyphae septate, with clamps. Edibility Inedible 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 11 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 11 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Skeletocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 11 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |