14 October 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Forming a thin layer on the substrate, loosely attached, smooth to lumpy, whitish to greyish to ochraceous, margin thinning out. Flesh Waxy or gelatinous, thin, soft Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood from deciduous and coniferous trees Microscopic Features Spores narrowly ellipsoidal to cylindrical, smooth, with droplets (7-11) x (3.5-5) µm2. Basidia slenderly club shaped, 4 spored, with basal clamp. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 3 to 4 µm wide, thin walled, with clamps. Lamprocystidia narrowly spindle shaped and heavily encrusted. Stephanocysts very rarely present. Edibility Inedible 
A crop from the previous image. 14 October 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 14 October 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Lamprocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 14 October 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
9 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the first image. 9 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
9 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 9 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Lamprocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 9 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae with clamped septa in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 9 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |