11 November 2025 Near Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Irregular, resupinate, thin, surface rough, pink, margin white Smell Indistinct Taste Not tasted Season Autumn to spring Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On dead and dying wood from deciduous trees, favouring beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, amyloid, decorated with spines, apiculus clearly seen (20-28) x (14-20) µm2. Basidia club shaped, 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present. Hyphidia warty, gloeocystidia present but few in number. Edibility Inedible
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 11 November 2025 Near Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.
16 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 16 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |