On a rotten tree stump. 29 July 2023 Hursley, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Cup shaped, expanding with age, inner surface smooth, pale brown to chestnut brown, outer surface scurfy, pale brown to brown, to about 10 cm across Flesh Firm, brittle Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On soil, on rotten wood and on rotten wood chips and sawdust Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, finely warty (15-20) x (8-10)µm2. Asci 8 spored, tips blued in iodine. Paraphyses thin, cylindrical, septate, tips swollen. Edibility Unknown Notes The specimen shown was found by the Hampshire Fungus Recording Group and identified by DNA sequencing carried out by Eric Janke in collaboration with the BMS. |