23 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Cheilymenia fibrillosa Fruiting Body Cup shaped, orange, upper surface smooth, underside with whitish hairs, to about 2 cm across Flesh Fragile, orange Smell Indistinct Season Autumn and less often in winter and spring Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On soil Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (15-17) x (8-9) µm2. Paraphyses thin with an expanded tip. Excipular hairs (on the underside) finger like, some brown and septate, some hyaline. Edibility Inedible Notes The specimen shown was identified using Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates by Ellis and Ellis. This species cannot be recognised without microscopy. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 23 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Paraphyses viewed with a x40 microscope objective. 23 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hairs on the underside viewed with a x40 microscope objective. 23 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |