A frosty specimen. 22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Upright, repeatedly branching from a common base, pale brown, tips darker, to about 7 cm high Flesh White, rather fragile Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat Unimproved grassland Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores globose with prominent apiculus or nose (4-6) µm. Basidia slender 2 and 4 spored. Edibility Inedible Notes This species could be confused with Ramariopsis subtilis, and species in the Clavulina and Ramaria genera 
22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Two and four spored basidia in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. 22 November 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |