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 8 October 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin Synonymns Tyromyces gilvescens Fruiting Body Resupinate, poroid, white, pale pink, or pale brown, tubes 1 to 4 mm thick, 3 to 5 pores per mm Flesh Soft, whitish Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, especially beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth, hyaline (3.5-5.5) x (1.5-2.0) µm2. Hyphal system monomitic, some hyphae encrusted, clamps present. Cystidia not present. Basidia club shaped with two to four spores. Edibility Inedible Notes The two specimens shown were found in consecutive years growing on the same fallen tree in almost the same spot. Additional Photographs  Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 8 October 2017 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin  9 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin  Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 9 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin  Encrusted hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 9 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin  Hyphae with clamps in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 9 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin  16 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin  16 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin  Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 16 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin  Encrusted hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 16 November 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin |