29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, smooth, thin, cream to pale yellow to pale brown, margin woolly when young Flesh Cream, firm Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Edibility Inedible Notes DNA from the specimen shown was amplified by Eric Janke and sequenced by the BMS. The results showed a very good match to other sequences for Megalocystidium luridum. However, according to the literature, it keyed out to Megalocystidium leucoxanthum due to the large spores. This suggests that some specimens in herbariums may have been misidentified. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Context in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gloeocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 29 April 2023 Herbert Plantation, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |