Candlesnuff Fungus - Xylaria hypoxylon
Description
This white or greyish fungus is usually between 2 and 5 cm high, and soon becomes flattened and antler like in appearance, the upper branches powdered white most of the time. It goes on fruiting on stumps and fallen branches through late autumn and winter with white spores, then in spring it loses the white tips and sends out a different form of black spore for a few weeks.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
On dead wood
When to see it
All year round
UK Status
Common and widespread in Britain
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015