3 October 2025 Near Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Antrodia carbonica Fruiting Body Resupinate, forming tiers on the substrate, white when young, becoming beige then ochraceous with age, pores 3-6 per mm Flesh Tough, whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Distribution Very rarely recorded Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores cylindrical, smooth, inamyloid, hyaline (4.5-7) x 3 µm2. Hyphal system trimitic, amyloid, generative hyphae with clamped septa. Basidia clavate, 4 spored. Edibility Unknown Notes The pore surface turns dark blue to black when exposed to Melzer 's solution. 
The flesh turns black on exposure to Melzer's solution. 3 October 2025 Near Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 3 October 2025 Near Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
7 November 2022 Millyford Bridge, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
The reaction of the pore tissue to Melzer's solution after a minute (left and centre) and after 24 hours (right). 7 November 2022 Millyford Bridge, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |