25 October 2023 Preston Oak HIlls, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, smooth or porulose, whitish Flesh Soft, whitish Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from coniferous and deciduous trees and on woody litter Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores broadly ellipsoidal, warty, cyanophilous (7.5-8) x (6.5-7) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, sinuous. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 4 to 6 µm wide, clamped. Leptocystidia tubular, tapered, with a blunt tip, smooth. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 25 October 2023 Preston Oak HIlls, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 25 October 2023 Preston Oak HIlls, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia and basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 25 October 2023 Preston Oak HIlls, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |