Calocera viscosa

27 August 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin

Species

Calocera viscosa

Fruiting Body

Cylindrical, slender, usually branched, to about 8 cm high

Flesh

Tough, yellow

Smell

Indistinct

Taste

Indistinct

Season

Autumn

Distribution

Common

Habitat

On dead wood from coniferous trees

Spore Print

White

Microscopic Features

Spores sausage shaped, smooth (9-12) x (3.5-4.5) µm²

Edibility

Inedible

Notes

This species could be confused with several species in the Clavaria and Clavulinopsis genera which grow on soil