Subulicystidium longisporum

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Subulicystidium longisporum

10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Fruiting Body

Forming a layer on the substrate, thin, porolose when viewed with a loupe, whitish to pale yellow

Flesh

Soft, whitish

Smell

Indistinct

Season

All year

Distribution

Common

Habitat

On dead wood from deciduous trees

Microscopic Features

Spores sigmoid, smooth (11-15) x (2-2.5) µm2. Basidia urniform, 4-spored. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present. Subulicystidia slender with a pointed tip.

Edibility

Inedible

Subulicystidium longisporum

A crop from the previous image showing the porolose surface. 10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Subulicystidium longisporum

10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Subulicystidium longisporum

Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Subulicystidium longisporum

Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Subulicystidium longisporum

Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Subulicystidium longisporum

20 April 2022 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.