On a fallen Beech trunk. 1 January 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Scytinostroma portentosum Fruiting Body Thin, smooth or rough, cream, grey brown or reddish brown, forming large mats on the substrate that may extend over several meters Flesh Thin, pale brown Smell Very strong, of moth balls Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Rare Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, favouring ash, but also beech and willow Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical with a prominent germ pore, smooth (5-6) µm Edibility Unknown but of no culinary interest Notes This fungus was first recorded in England in 1989 in Norfolk. 
On a fallen Beech trunk. 7 March 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |