Golden Spindles - Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Fruiting Body: typically 2 to 10 cm high and about 6 mm wide; cylindrical and unbranched; often flattening; sometimes grooved. Dry; bright or pale yellow, or orange-yellow; fading with age; white at the extreme base; usually with a somewhat pointed tip. Spore print white.
Grassland and woodland clearings.
July to November
Grows in clusters.
Widespread but not particularly common in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
05 November 2004
AJ Cann
Knighton
22 October 2017
Spore print white
AJ Cann
Knighton
11 October 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Golden Spindles
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Clavariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 12
- First record:
- 05/11/2004 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 09/11/2023 (Devine, Ben)
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