10 September 2022 Yateley Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Grandinia arguta Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, covered with irregular teeth up to 2 mm long, white to cream, becoming ochraceous with age Flesh Whitish, firm Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On rotten wood Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores broadly ellipsoidal, smooth, filled with droplets, inamyloid, (4-6) x (2.5-4) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, clavate to cylindrical with basal clamp, constricted. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 2 to 3 µm wide, thin walled, clamped. Two kinds of cystidia present. Leptocystidia cylindrical, constricted, clamped, apex globose. Lagenocystidia cylindrical, thin, needle shaped, apex encrusted. Edibility Inedible 
10 September 2022 Yateley Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
From left to right, septocystidia, lagenocystidia and clamped hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |