Peniophora limitata

On decaying small fallen branches of Fraxinus on the ground, also occurring on Ligustrum and Syringa, with resupinate basidiomata, smooth to slightly rugose surface, purplish-grey, waxy in consistency, and with a sharply delimited, blackish-bordered margin.

Hyphal system monomitic; hyphae cylindrical, hyaline, thin- to moderately thick-walled, 3 to 5.5 µm wide, septate with clamp connections.

Lamprocystidia thick-walled, 40 to 50 µm long, 7 to 9 µm wide, encrusted with crystals that detach easily.

Basidia cylindrical-clavate, 35 to 45 µm long, 4 to 6 µm wide, clamped at the base, 4-spored.

Spores cylindrical to allantoid, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, 7 to 10 µm long, 2.5 to 4 µm wide, with a lateral apiculus at one end, inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.