On a fallen oak log. 5 December 2021 North Warnborough, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Forming a thin layer on the substrate, tightly attached to the substrate, surface strongly wrinkled forming radial patterns, colour very variable, pale to bright orange, orange red, pinkish brown or pale lilac, margin fringed, forming irregular mats up to 20 cm or more across Flesh Gelatinous, soft when fresh, hard when dry Smell Indistinct Season Autumn to spring Distribution Very common Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous trees especially beech and wild cherry (Prunus avium) Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth (4-5) x 2 µm2. Basidia slender, club shaped, four spored. Cystidia slender, club shaped. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present. Edibility Inedible Notes The radial growth form distinguishes this species from Phlebia rufa 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 5 December 2021 North Warnborough, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 26 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
26 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 26 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 26 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |