24 September 2022 Cadmans Pool, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, decorated with conical teeth up to 3 mm long, cream to pale ochraceous Flesh Whitish, soft Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, rarely from conifers Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to subglobose, smooth (4.5-5.5) x (3.5-4.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, clavate to cylindrical, with median constriction. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae clamped. Leptocystidia cylindrical, smooth, apex blunt, cyanophilic. Edibility Unknown Notes Barba jovis means Jupiter's beard. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 24 September 2022 Cadmans Pool, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 24 September 2022 Cadmans Pool, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 24 September 2022 Cadmans Pool, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |