29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, tightly attached to the substrate, covered with tooth like spines, each about 1 to 3 mm long, often fused at the base, cream, darkening to ochraceous, then blackish brown Flesh Thin, waxy when damp, brittle when dry Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal (5-6) x (2-2.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic. Cystidia spindle or needle shaped. Terminating hyphae at the tips of the spines heavily encrusted. Edibility Inedible 
Spores viewed with a x100 immersion microscope eyepiece and x2.5 projection eyepiece. 29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia viewed with a x40 immersion microscope eyepiece and x2.5 projection eyepiece. 29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia viewed with a x40 immersion microscope eyepiece and x2.5 projection eyepiece. 29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
An encrusted hypha at the tip of a spine, viewed with a x40 immersion microscope eyepiece and x2.5 projection eyepiece. 29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |