30 March 2022 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Peniophora rimosa Fruiting Body Forming small patches on the substrate, thin, extensive, lumpy, greyish Flesh Soft and waxy when fresh Smell Pleasant, fungal Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded, probably far more common than the records suggest. According to Hugill and Lucas, the species is common in Hampshire. Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth (3.5-4.5) x (1.5-2) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Hyphal system monomitic, simple septate. Lamprocystidia thick walled, conical, encrusted. Septocystidia cylindrical, sometimes capitate, septate, encrusted. Edibility Inedible Notes Viewed with a low power microscope, or a hand lens, the surface appears crystalline, with numerous needle shaped projections 
A crop from the first image. 30 March 2022 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
30 March 2022 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 30 March 2022 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Lamprocystidia and septocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 30 March 2022 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Identified in the field by Alan Lucas. 29 April 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzers solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 29 April 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Lamprocystidia and septocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 29 April 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |