7 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, attached to the substrate, smooth to lumpy, waxy, white to cream to greyish Flesh Soft, watery when fresh Smell Phenol Taste Unknown Season Autumn to spring Distribution Very common Habitat On dead wood, usually from deciduous trees especially beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to subglobose, smooth (very rarely minutely warted), cyanophilous (6-11) x (6-8.5) µm2. Basidia clavate 4 spored, containing drops, with a basal clamp. Hyphal system monomitic, with clamps, 3-5 µm wide, cyanophilous. Cystidia not present. Hyphal ends present in the basidial layer. Edibility Unknown Notes I am grateful to Paul Hugill who suggested that the specimen shown could be Radulomyces confluens. 
7 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 7 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 7 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 7 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A hypha with clamps in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 7 January 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
22 January 2022 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 22 January 2022 Thedden Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |