28 October 2013 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, lined, coarsely scaly, margin scalloped, white, to about 5 mm across Gills Adnate with a decurrent tooth, distant, white Stem Tapered, scurfy, white, to about 2 cm high Flesh Thin, white Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season Autumn to early winter Habitat Among moss on living trunks and dead wood of deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sub-globose (6-8.5) x (5.5-8.5) µm2. Gill edge cystidia club shaped, decorated with short spines. Stem cystidia finger shaped, decorated with short spines. Edibility Inedible Notes There are many species of small white fungi that grow in a similar habitat 
28 October 2013 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Stem and gill edge cystidia viewed with a x40 microscope objective. 28 October 2013 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |