| FRUIT BODY |
1-3cm wide (per fruit body). Whenever you see a patch of burnt Gorse then have a look for this species. The individual fruit bodies have a short stalk with a sub-spherical head that begins reddish-brown before eventually turning balck. The surface of the head is finely pimpled. |
| GILLS/PORES |
N/A |
| FLESH |
Brittle, black to grey with a silvery sheen. |
| SPORES |
Black, ellipsoid, uniseriate. |
| HABITAT |
On dead, burnt wood of Gorse and occasionally on burnt Oak. |
| SEASON |
Occasional. Throughout the year. |
| EDIBILITY |
Inedible. r |
