On a birch log. 6 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, smooth, porulose or lumpy, whitish Flesh Soft, whitish Smell Indistinct Season Autumn to early spring Distribution Very rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood from coniferous and deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores broadly ellipsoidal, warty, cyanophilous (8-12) x (6.5-8) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, sinuous. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 4 to 6 µm wide, clamped. Leptocystidia tubular, tapered, with a blunt tip, smooth. Notes This species can be differentiated from H. punctulatum by larger spores. 
A crop from the previous image. 6 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in lactophenol cotton blue solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 6 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 6 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 6 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 6 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 6 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |