31 October 2024 Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding, funnel shaped with age, margin translucently lined, hygrophanous, whitish to pale pink, to about 4 cm across Gills Decurrent, somewhat distant, white then salmon pink Stem Cylindrical, whitish sometimes with a pink tinge Flesh Whitish, firm Smell Faint, like tomato leaves Taste Indistinct Season Autumn to winter Distribution Infrequent Habitat On small branches and litter in woods, usually with deciduous trees, favouring beech Spore Print Spore print Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (7-9) x (4-5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored. Clamp connections present. Edibility Inedible 
Spores in Congo red viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 31 October 2024 Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Identified from the above photograph by Andreas Gminder. 15 November 2015 Farnham Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo red viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 15 November 2015 Farnham Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap hyphae in Congo red showing clamp connections viewed with a x40 objective. 15 November 2015 Farnham Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
27 November 2023 Farnham Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo red viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 27 November 2023 Farnham Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |