1 June 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Pink, sub-spherical, less than 1.5cm across, becoming pinkish brown at maturity Flesh Slimey, pink-red when young, pinkish brown and powdery when mature Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On rotten wood Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, decorated with a partial network (6-8) x (6-8) µm2 Edibility Not edible Notes Lycogala means Wolfs milk. Lycogala epidendrum is distinguished by a grey peridium (outer skin) and spore mass when mature 
Spores and pseudocapillitium, 1 June 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores, 1 June 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |