A close up of the surface. 11 December 2021 Bushy Leaze Wood, Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, finely granular, yellowish brown Flesh Soft, gelatinous Smell Indistinct Season Winter to spring Distribution Unknown, probably confused with Phlebia lilascens Habitat On rotten beech and birch wood. Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores narrowly ellipsoidal, smooth (3.8-4.5) x (1.7-2.3) µm2. Basidia narrowly clavate, four spored. Cystidia absent. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present. Edibility Of no culinary value Notes The two collections shown on this page were DNA tested by Eric Janke of the Hampshire Fungus Recording Group in collaboration with the BMS. The tests showed both to be the same as yet undescribed species with a match to the unnamed sequence MW163981 from Italy. The Genbank IDs are OQ133577 for the Bushy Leaze Wood collection and PV051434 for the Kingsley Common collection. 
11 December 2021 Bushy Leaze Wood, Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 11 December 2021 Bushy Leaze Wood, Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 11 December 2021 Bushy Leaze Wood, Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidium with basal clamp in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 11 December 2021 Bushy Leaze Wood, Beech, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On rotten Birch wood. 9 March 2024 Kingsley Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 9 March 2024 Kingsley Common, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |