Grey Coral - Clavulina cinerea
The fruiting body is ash-grey, with narrow cylindrical stalks extensively branching into antler like tufts. The tips are blunt and not forked. It can grow from 2 to 10 cm tall.
Grows on soil in woodland, often along woodland trails.
July to November
Solitary or in small groups
Fairly frequent and widespread in Britain.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Melinda Bell
New Lount Nature Reserve
20 October 2019
David Nicholls
Burbage Common
22 October 2005
Melinda Bell
New Lount Nature Reserve
20 October 2019
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Species profile
- Common names
- Grey Coral
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Cantharellales
- Family:
- Clavulinaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 22/10/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 28/11/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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