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Clavulina rugosa |
This small club fungus is often solitary or in small
groups beside woodland footpaths. The club is laterally compressed and
has very few irregularly-shaped branches. The branch tips are blunt.
Identification guide |
Description |
Because the stem and the fertile upper
section of the fruitbody are the same colour - white or cream or
occasionally light grey - there is no clear delineation between stem and
fruitbody. Some examples of this fungus branch but rarely spread out
significantly, and many do not branch at all.
The laterally compressed, blunt tips, which have wrinkled and uneven surfaces surfaces, are laterally compressed but not forked. |
Size |
The fruiting body is 5 to 12 cm tall. |
Spore print |
White. |
Odour/taste |
Not distinctive. |
Habitat |
Singly or in small groups on the ground beneath deciduous and coniferous trees; very often beside footpaths. |
Season |
August to December. |
Occurrence |
Fairly common. |
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