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Clavulinopsis fusiformis Golden spindles
This fungus is native to the northern half of North America, especially in the northeast. Identification: This fungus occurs in dense clusters with a common base, reaching a height of 1¾-6″ (5-15 cm). They form thin yellow (sometimes pale yellow or cream-colored) fruiting bodies that become tipped with brown with age. Found under hardwoods or conifers. Edibility: Not edible; tastes bitter. |
10/10/2021 · Witt’s End Trail, Norway, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.4 cm) |
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| You are here Clavulinopsis fusiformis |
Clavulinopsis laeticolor |
Calocera viscosa |
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| Plant | Occurs in dense clusters with a common base, reaching a height of 1¾-6″ (5-15 cm). Thin yellow (or pale yellow or cream) fruiting bodies become tipped with brown with age. Tastes bitter. Found under hardwoods or conifers. | Fruiting bodies are usually separate (no common base), cylindrical but sometimes thicker near the top, sometimes partially flattened or twisted, with tips that are usually rounded. They are yellow-orange to orange. They taste mild. They are relatively short, ¾-1¾″ (2-5 cm) tall × 1/32-⅛″ (1.5-3 mm) in diameter. Found under hardwoods or conifers. | Fruiting bodies up to 5″ (12 cm) tall. Yellow, sometimes orange. They appear on areas of dead oak and other hardwoods that lack bark. Fungus tips branch into a distinctive Y shape. | ||||||||
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Online References:
Michael Kuo's MushroomExpert.com
8/6/2014 · Shieling Forest, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 8″ (12 × 19 cm) 
9/7/2013 · Beech Hill, Dublin, New Hampshire · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
8/16/2012 · Mt. Tom State Reservation, Beau Bridge Trail, Holyoke, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm) ID is uncertain 
8/16/2012 · Mt. Tom State Reservation, Beau Bridge Trail, Holyoke, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm) ID is uncertain 
9/5/2009 · Willard Brook State Park, Orange Trail, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) 
9/2/2023 · Boundary Trail, Bradbury Mountain, Pownal, Maine · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm) 
8/5/2019 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Wildflower Trail, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm) 
8/26/2017 · Skatutakee Mountain, Hancock, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm) 
| Roughly 75 people in North America are poisoned each year by mushrooms, often from eating a poisonous species that resembles an edible species. Though deaths are rare, there is no cure short of a liver transplant for severe poisoning. Don't eat any mushroom unless you are absolutely certain of its identity! Please don't trust the identifications on this site. We aren't mushroom experts and we haven't focused on safely identifying edible species. |
Clavulinopsis fusiformis description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 28 Sep 2023.
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9/14/2023 · Nature Conservancy Access Trail, Sprague Pond, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 6 × 10″ (16 × 24 cm) 
9/23/2018 · Temple, New Hampshire, United States 
9/23/2018 · Temple, New Hampshire, United States 
7/31/2021 · Otter Brook Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 11 × 7″ (26 × 18 cm) 
8/15/2021 · Bass Falls Preserve, Alna, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) 
10/10/2021 · Witt’s End Trail, Norway, Maine · ≈ 3 × 4½″ (7.9 × 11 cm) 
8/24/2013 · Cranberry Meadow Pond Trail, Monadnock Conservancy, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 8″ (14 × 20 cm) 
8/26/2017 · Skatutakee Mountain, Hancock, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm) 
9/22/2023 · Moxie Falls, Moxie Gore, Maine · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 20 cm) 