9 January 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Forming a thin loosely attached layer on the substrate, smooth, granular or porulose, whitish to ochraceous, margin fibrous Flesh Whitish, fragile Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On rotten wood Microscopic Features Spores ovoid to broadly ellipsoidal (3.5-5) x (2.5-4) µm2. Basidia cylindrical, often slightly constricted, four spored. Hyphal system monomitic, with clamps, subicular hyphae encrusted and with ampullate septa. Cystidia absent. Edibility Inedible 
A crop from the previous image. 9 January 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 9 January 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae with encrustation and a swollen clamped septum in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 9 January 2023 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Identified by Paul Hugill, confirmed by Leif Goodwin. 10 September 2022 Yateley Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the first image. 10 September 2022 Yateley Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 10 September 2022 Yateley Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A basidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 10 September 2022 Yateley Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hypha with clamp in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 10 September 2022 Yateley Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |