Months observed
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Fungi
Clumps of small, slender, rather stiff, white- to cream-coloured fingers that branch multiple times and at their tip give rise to 4-6 small white-tipped stubby projections; more basal parts flattened rather than cylindrical; tips staining a reddish-brown in places where bruised and branches becoming a cinnamon brown with age (spore coating). Surface turns apple-green on application of FeSO4. Thin white hyphal chords extend beneath. Spore print cream. Spores ellipsoidal with fine surface granulation; 7.2-8.2 x 3.4-4.2 um (mean 7.8 x 3.9 um, n = 20). Basidia with three long, widely spaced sterigmata.
Growing on wood-chiped soil and leaf debris under the Rambling rector rose. Also in border by back gate in woodchip (see here for images).