Radulomyces confluens (Fr.) M.P. Christ., 1960 (a resupinate fungus)

Date:	23 October 2002
OS grid ref:	SU49
Lat/Lon:	51° 40' N, 1° 20' W
Location:	Vice County: Berks, VC22, England
Voucher:	23/10/2002[C] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)
Stage or state:	Fruitbody
Record Summary:	whitewash fungus on dead Rose
Associated organism:	on dead stem of Rosa
Identification Notes:	Fruitbody: waxy, bluish tinged when moist, drying pale ochraceous. Spore print: BFF "D", non-amyloid, very dry and loose. Basidia: 4-spored, 20-30/9-10µm. Spores: subspherical, apiculus conical, 7-10/6.5-7.5µm Hyphae: thin-walled, clamped, 3µm diam. Hymenium with octohedral crystals up to 18µm corner to corner in some parts, other parts without or with differently shaped crystals.