No takers yet then
Well, in pondering if this was fungal or not, I soaked a pin-size amount of the head of one of the dried fruitbodies in prep for the microscope. Eager to find out what it was, I gently squished the sample so it was flat.
Here's the results, and I'd say this was fungal. Lots of nematodes and platyhelmiths present in the slide sample.
Globose spores - all images following taken at x60 on the scope, but I think the camera multiplies it a little, so it could be anything from x60 to x100
Very interesting area to study. Hyphae structure was like nothing I've seen before.
There were a lot like that last one- seemingly latching on to splaying strands of 'something'
Seems I'm in up to my neck, but hell, it's so interesting.
Nick
