31 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Crust like, surface smooth to powdery, cracking when dry, pinkish orange, margin pale when young Flesh Soft when fresh, pale orange Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth (8-10) x (3.5-5) µm2. Basidia slenderly club shaped, 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic. Hyphae with clamp connections. Gloeocystidia cylindrical, thin walled, with granular content. Lamprocystidia conical, thin walled, smooth then encrusted. Edibility Inedible 
31 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A dry specimen. 22 February 2009 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 31 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Lamprocystidium in Melzer's solution viewed with a x40 objective. 31 December 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |