6 June 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Resupinate, covered with tiny blunt spines (visible with a hand lens), initially white, then yellowish, and finally ochraceous. Flesh Whitish to yellowish, soft to firm Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood, usually from conifers but also from deciduous trees Microscopic Features Spores narrowly ellipsoidal, smooth, inamyloid (4-5) x (3-3.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, club shaped to cylindrical. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present. Gloeocystidia torulose (cylindrical, with alternate swellings and constrictions along the length). Edibility Inedible 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 6 June 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gloeocystidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 6 June 2022 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |