10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Forming a layer on the substrate, thin, porolose when viewed with a loupe, whitish to pale yellow Flesh Soft, whitish Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Microscopic Features Spores sigmoid, smooth (11-15) x (2-2.5) µm2. Basidia urniform, 4-spored. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present. Subulicystidia slender with a pointed tip. Edibility Inedible 
A crop from the previous image showing the porolose surface. 10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 10 April 2022 Stancomb Copse, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
20 April 2022 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |