21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Phanerochaete ravenelii, Scopuloides ravenelii Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, surface smooth to lumpy, densely covered with cystidia when viewed with a hand lens, whitish, cream, yellow or pale brown Flesh Thin, whitish, gelatinous to waxy Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal usually concave on one side, smooth (4-6) x (2.5-3) µm2. Basidia slenderly club shaped, 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 2 to 5 µm wide, thin walled, simple septate. Cystidia usually spindle shaped, and heavily encrusted along two thirds of the length from the tip Edibility Inedible 
21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 21 February 2023 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
16 April 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 16 April 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 16 April 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On a rotten birch branch, with rain drops. 10 January 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 10 January 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 10 January 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in a tissue section in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 10 January 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
28 February 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 28 February 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in a tissue section in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 28 February 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |