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Clavariadelphus ligula.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Clavariadelphus ligula Mushroom
Ref No: 7434
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Red or redish or pink
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Clavariadelphus ligula (Fr.) Donk Fruit body 3-10cm high, 5-15mm wide, elongated or club-shaped, often flattened and spoon-like; yellowish to ochre to reddish or dark apricot. Stem indistinct; white-hairy at base. Flesh rather spongy; white. Spores narrowly ellipsoid, smooth, 8-15 x 3-6µ. Deposit pale yellowish or white. Habitat scattered or in groups on humus or pine needles under conifers. Widely distributed in northern North America and California. Season July-November. Not edible.

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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 21 October 2010

Bialogora nad Baltykiem.Poland
Clavariadelphus ligula
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