10 October 2009 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Spindle shaped, sometimes branched, with a narrow stem, surface rough, brownish black, to about 6 cm high by about 1 cm across Flesh Hard, white Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Frequent Habitat On dead branches from deciduous trees, favouring sycamore Microscopic Features Ascospores spindle shaped, with droplets, smooth (12-16) x (5-7) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This fungus could be confused with slender forms of Xylaria polymorpha. The two may be separated by examination of the spores. |