7 October 2006 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical, expanding with age, greyish to brownish, radially lined, to about 1 cm across Gills Adnate, broad, pale grey Stem Slender, equal, concolorous with the cap Flesh Fragile, pale, Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn to winter Distribution Rare Habitat In moss on the bark of deciduous trees Spore Print Pale cream Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, smooth (8-12) µm. Basidia 2 or 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia club shaped with short spines. Edibility Inedible Notes There are a number of similar corticolous - i.e. living on bark - species which could be confused 
November 2002 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
November 2002 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |