4 November 2025 Tenant Woods, Near Bramdean,Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Resupinate, thin, poroid, pores angular 4 to 7 per mm, to 5 mm thick, whitish, becoming brown with age Smell Strong, fungal, often described as unpleasant Distribution Infrequent Habitat On rotten wood, usually from deciduous trees Microscopic Features Spores subglobose smooth (4-6) µm. Basidia broadly clavate, 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 2.5 to 5 µm wide, thin to thick walled, simple septate. Cystidia not present, cystidioles fusiform to hyphoid with apical encrustation. Edibility Inedible 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 4 November 2025 Tenant Woods, Near Bramdean,Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
16 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the previous photo. 16 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 16 October 2022 Bushy Leaze Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |