29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, tightly attached to the substrate, covered with tooth like spines, each about 1 to 3 mm long, often fused at the base, cream, darkening to ochraceous, then blackish brown Flesh Thin, waxy when damp, brittle when dry Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal (5-6) x (2-2.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic. Cystidia fusiform or needle shaped. Terminating hyphae at the tips of the spines heavily encrusted. Edibility Inedible 
Spores viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia viewed with a 40X objective. 29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia viewed with a 40X objective. 29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
An encrusted hypha at the tip of a spine, viewed with a 40X objective. 29 October 2013 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |