Broughton Down, Hampshire 13 May 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, granular, consisting of a mass of tiny granules which are distinct or continous when viewed with a hand lens, whitish, yellowish, grey or brownish Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees and shrubs, very rarely on dead wood from conifers Microscopic Features Spores cylindrical to ellipsoidal, smooth (5.5-8) x (3-4.5) µm2. Basidia subglobose, longitudinally septate, 2 to 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present but hard to find. Cystidia projecting beyond the hymenium, tubular, thick walled except at the apex, to about 200 µm long by (5-7) µm wide. Star shaped crystals present in the context. 
A crop from the previous image. Broughton Down, Hampshire 13 May 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Broughton Down, Hampshire 13 May 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. Broughton Down, Hampshire 13 May 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia and star shaped crystals in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. Broughton Down, Hampshire 13 May 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |