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 Found by Eric Janke and Stuart Skeates. Identified by Alan Lucas. 27 November 2016 Exbury Gardens, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin Fruiting Body Resupinate, often spread over a large area, thin, smooth to lumpy, yellowish Flesh Whitish, waxy Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season Autumn to spring Distribution Rarely recorded, known from a handful of English counties Habitat On dead wood from conifers especially pine Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, smooth (4-5) µm. Basidia cylindrical to narrowly clavate, 4-spored. Hyphal system monomitic. Gloeocystidia cylindrical to vesicular. Edibility Inedible Notes The specimen shown was identified by Alan Lucas with the aid of a microscope. Unfortunately I forgot to collect a sample, hence the absence of photomicrographs. Additional Photographs  Found by Eric Janke and Stuart Skeates. Identified by Alan Lucas. 27 November 2016 Exbury Gardens, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin |