13 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, loosely attached to the substrate, smooth or bumpy, whitish, cream, beige or orange, margin white and fibrous, forming patches several cm across Flesh Whitish, waxy Smell None according to the literature. Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, rarely from conifers Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (5-7) x (3-3.5) µm2. Basidia clavate, four spored. Hyphal system monomitic. Cystidia thick walled, cylindrical to needle shaped, upper part heavily encrusted. Edibility Inedible Notes The specimen shown had an unpleasant smell like Lepiota cristata. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 13 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 13 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Tissue fragment with cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x20 objective. 13 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 13 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |