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.