17 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Pulvinula constellatio Fruiting Body Disk shaped, irregular, upper surface orange red, lower surface whitish or pinkish, to about 1 cm across Flesh Pinkish to red Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Rare Habitat On sandy soil, and burnt ground Microscopic Features Spores spherical, smooth, filled with many drops (13-15) µm across. Paraphyses thin, filled with drops, equal, curved at the end. Asci eight spored (200-270) x (15-20) µm2 Edibility Unknown Notes This fungus cannot be identified without a microscope 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 17 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
15 August 2009 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
RBG Kew herbarium accession number K(M)160936. 23 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 23 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Ascus viewed with a x40 objective. 23 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Asci and paraphyses viewed with a x40 objective. 15 August 2009 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |