7 November 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Forming a thin layer on the substrate, tightly attached to the substrate, surface wrinkled, poroid or tooth like, cream, beige, pinkish brown or reddish brown, margin white, fringed, forming irregular mats up to 20 cm or more across Flesh Gelatinous, soft when fresh, hard when dry Smell Faint, indistinct Season Autumn to spring Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, favouring oak Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to sausage shaped, smooth (4.5-6.5) x (2-2.5) µm2. Basidia slender, club shaped, four spored. Cystidia slender, club shaped. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present. Edibility Inedible Notes The two collections shown were infested with pinkish brown mites. I have seen other collections similarly infested, suggesting an association. 
A close up of the hymenium showing the teeth like structures that are easily seen with a loupe. 7 November 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 objective. 7 November 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
NB: The pinkish brown blobs are mites. 29 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A close up of the hymenium. 29 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 29 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 29 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |