On the underside of a large rotten stump. Identified by Eric Janke, confirmed by Leif Goodwin. 28 January 2023 Hall Lands Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, easily detached, smooth to somewhat lumpy, white to cream, margin sometimes fibrillose Smell Indistinct according to the literature. The specimen shown had a strong unpleasant smell reminiscent of Lepiota cristata, which was noted by several people. Season Mostly recorded from autumn to spring Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous trees and on old Ganoderma fruiting bodies Microscopic Features Spores subcylindrical to suballantoid smooth (5-9) x (2-3.5) µm2. Basidia narrowly cylindrical to urniform, mostly four spored some with one or two spores. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present. Gloeocystidia smooth, cylindrical, flexuose. 
A crop from the previous image. 28 January 2023 Hall Lands Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 28 January 2023 Hall Lands Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 28 January 2023 Hall Lands Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 28 January 2023 Hall Lands Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gloeocystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 28 January 2023 Hall Lands Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |