18 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Phlebia uda Fruiting Body Forming a thin layer on the substrate, covered with tiny narrowly conical spines extending to 2 mm in length, pale when young, becoming bright yellow with age Flesh Yellowish, soft, waxy, thin. The flesh stains dark purple when exposed to KOH solution. Smell Indistinct Season All year with most records in the summer and autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, with a few records on pine and yew Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, inamyloid (5-6) x (2-3) µm2. Basidia narrowly club shaped, 4 spored. Cystidia spindle shaped, sparse. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps sparse. Edibility Inedible Notes Note that, like this species, Mycoacia fuscoatra also turns dark purple when exposed to KOH solution. 
A crop from the previous image. 18 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion microscope. 18 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
23 January 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the previous image. 23 January 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |