31 December 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Hyphodontia nespori Fruiting Body Resupinate, covered with tiny blunt spines with branched tips (visible with a hand lens), white to yellowish, margin fringed, typically extending over a large area Flesh Whitish, thin, firm Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood, usually from conifers but also from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores narrowly ellipsoidal to cylindrical, smooth (4.5-6) x (2-2.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, narrowly club shaped. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present. Projecting encrusted hyphae present at the tips of the spines. Edibility Inedible 
31 December 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the previous image. 31 December 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 31 December 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 31 December 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphal ends in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 31 December 2021 Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
15 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the previous image. 15 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 15 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 15 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Projecting hyphae with crystals. 15 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae with clamps in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 15 December 2021 Bramdean Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |