Botryobasidium aureum

Botryobasidium aureum

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Description

Small fuzzy white, cream, grey or yellow colonies growing on rotten wood. Basidiospores are as limoniform (lemon-shaped), smooth and do not turn blue when stained with iodine. 

Identification difficulty

microscopy

Recording advice

Spores and ripe basidia must be examined. 

Further Information

https://www.mycodb.fr/fiche.php?genre=Botryobasidium&espece=aureum

  • AJ Cann
    Brocks Hill
    28 October 2025
  • AJ Cann
    Brocks Hill
    28 October 2025
  • AJ Cann
    Croft Hill
    23 March 2026
  • AJ Cann
    Brocks Hill
    28 October 2025
  • AJ Cann
    Brocks Hill
    28 October 2025
  • AJ Cann
    Croft Hill
    23 March 2026
  • AJ Cann
    Croft Hill
    23 March 2026

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