Botryobasidium aureum
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
AJ Cann
Brocks Hill
28 October 2025
AJ Cann
Brocks Hill
28 October 2025
AJ Cann
Brocks Hill
28 October 2025
AJ Cann
Brocks Hill
28 October 2025
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- Fungi
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- Records on NatureSpot:
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- First record:
- 28/10/2025 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 28/10/2025 (Cann, Alan)
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