1 March 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Irregularly cushion shaped, whitish to pale yellow when young, becoming dark reddish brown and then black with age, to about 5 mm across Flesh Hard, dark brown Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season All year, producing ascospores in autumn and early winter Distribution Very common Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, favouring hazel Spore Print Dark brown Microscopic Features Ascospores irregularly ellipsoidal, smooth (11-16) x (5-8) µm2. Asci 8 spored, tips amyloid. Paraphyses absent. Edibility Inedible |