Independently identified by Leif Goodwin and Eric Janke. 28 October 2023 Millyford Bridge, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, smooth, whitish to cream, margin powdery and not well defined Flesh Soft, whitish Smell Indistinct, faint Taste Unknown Season Spring to early winter Distribution Very rarely recorded Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous and coniferous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores cylindrical to narrowly ellipsoidal, smooth (10-14) x (5-6) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, clavate to suburniform with a constriction. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 3 to 4 µm wide, clamped. Cystidia absent. Paraphysoid hyphae present between basidia. Edibility Unknown 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 28 October 2023 Millyford Bridge, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia and paraphysoid hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 28 October 2023 Millyford Bridge, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia and paraphysoid hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 28 October 2023 Millyford Bridge, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |