Pipe Club - Macrotyphula fistulosa var. fistulosa

Description

A tall slender unbranched pale brown club which widens towards the tip.  

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph in habitat; note associated tree species and substrate

Habitat

Growing from small branches and buried sticks in deciduous woodland

When to see it

June to November.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Species profile

Common names
Pipe Club
Species group:
fungus
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Typhulaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
9
First record:
02/11/2015 (Stevens, Ron)
Last record:
13/10/2024 (Bell, Melinda)

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