On oak. 20 November 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Thin, resupinate, surface wrinkled, reddish brown, underside blackish Flesh Firm, gelatinous, reddish brown Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Very common Habitat On dead branches, usually still attached to the tree, favouring oak Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth (9-12) x (3-4) µm2. Basidia slenderly club shaped, 4 spored. Lamprocystidia spindle shaped, upper half encrusted, to cylindrical with an encrusted conical tip. Clamp connections seen in the hyphae. Edibility Inedible Notes In dry conditions this species shrinks to a thin brittle grey to greyish pink layer with curling edges and cracks in the surface |