19 September 2025 Near Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, pelicular, easily separated from the substrate, pores whitish to yellowish to pale orange, irregular, 2 to 5 per mm, margin white, fibrous Season All year, more frequent in autumn Distribution Very rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to ovoid, smooth, with drops (3.5-5) x (2.8-3.5) µm2. Cystidia thick walled, clavate, end encrusted. Hyphal system dimitic. Generative hyphae septate, with clamps. Edibility Inedible Notes The specimen collected on 19 September 2025 was DNA sequenced by Eric Janke in association with the BMS, confirming the identification. The species is distinguished from J. nitida at a macroscopic level by its more fragile context and its fibrous and cottony margin. 
19 September 2025 Near Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
19 September 2025 Near Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
19 September 2025 Near Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 19 September 2025 Near Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 19 September 2025 Near Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Context with cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 19 September 2025 Near Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
9 November 2025 Tenant Woods, Near Bramdean, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
9 November 2025 Tenant Woods, Near Bramdean, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 9 November 2025 Tenant Woods, Near Bramdean,Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |