A close up of the pore surface. 25 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, forming a thin layer on the substrate, surface appearing smooth to the naked eye, but a loupe reveals fine pores, 6 to 8 pores per mm, surface white, yellowish when dry, margin fringed, white Flesh Soft when fresh, whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season All year Distribution Very common Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous and coniferous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, strongly curved, smooth , inamyloid (3-3.5) x (1-1.5) µm2. Basidia club shaped to sub-globose, 4 spored. Hyphal system dimitic. Generative hyphae thin walled, with clamps 1 to 3 µm wide, halocystidia sometimes present, cystidioles present, bag shaped with a thin neck. Skeletal hyphae thick walled, sinuous, 2 to 3 µm wide. Edibility Inedible 
25 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 25 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |