November 2002 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then flattened, wrinkled, margin inrolled, orange or pink, to about 8 cm across Gills Adnate, broad, veined, pink Stem +/- equal, longitudinally lined, fibrous, often bleeding red fluid, whitish to pale pink Flesh Firm, pale pink Smell Indistinct Taste Bitter Season Autumn to winter Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood of deciduous trees, favouring elm Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, warty (5-7) µm Edibility Inedible Notes This beautiful fungus can be quite common where dead Elm wood is plentiful 
November 2002 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |