11 December 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Crimped Gill Cap Shell shaped, laterally attached to the substrate, surface finely felty, white when young, then orange brown, zoned, margin pale and inrolled, scalloped, to about 3 cm across Hymenium Covered wih wrinkles, often branched, radiating outwards, white when young, soon pale brown then darker brown Smell Indistinct Season Autumn to spring Distribution Frequent, more common in northern England and Scotland Habitat On the bark of dead wood from deciduous trees, favouring beech and hazel Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth, slightly amyloid (3.5-4) x (1-1.5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic. Cystidia absent. Edibility Inedible Notes Easily recognised by the wrinkled underside. 
11 December 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
11 December 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On a fallen branch. 30 December 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
30 December 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |