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Hygrophorus lichenoidesPhoto: Dominique SchottBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Fruit body in the form of a large, orange-brown flattened strap-like series of lobes; on dead branches of deciduous trees favouring hazel and willow.Dimensions: Up to 10cm dia. Fruit Body: Light yellowish-brown to orange-brown, more pallid at the margin, minutely dotted with the osteoles of embedded perithecia; flattened and conforming more or less to the surface of the substrate, arranged in radiating lobes; flesh: tough, woody. Asci: narrowly clavate 160-180 x 8-10 µm. |
Spores: (8) Hyaline, smooth, fusiform, uniseriate, median septum, 24-30 x 8-9 µm. Odour: Not Distinctive. Taste: Not Distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.7: very rare species normally associated with Salix and the Basidiomycete saprophyte Hymenochaete tabacina |
| Justification: declined by more than 50% pre- and post-1960 |
| Threats: forestry operations, tree felling, drainage of willow swamps |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring, research into its specific ecological niche, habitat protection against loss and degradation |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records
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Total records: 27 |
| Earliest recording: 1790 | |
| Latest recording: 1993 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 15(1); 43(1); 53(1); 63(2); 69(6); 70(9); 73(1); 90(1) | |
| Pre-1960: 23 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 4 records |