Family: Clavulinaceae
Clavulina cinerea
(Bull.) J. Schröt
Grey coral fungus
Clavulina cinerea | Primrose Campground
KEY ID FEATURES
- Coral shaped fruitbodies with wrinkled or "pimpled" branches. Branch tips either come to a point or further split out.
- Solitary or in small groups with conifers, but can also occur in mixed woods.
- Pale purplish-grey in color browning lightly with age. Branch tips often lighter.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal
SPORE PRINT: White
EDIBILITY: Edible with caution
SIMILAR SPECIES: Clavulina cristata and various Ramaria species.
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-047-14
- LOCATION: Primrose Campground
- DATE: 26-Aug-14
- NOTES: 25-60 x 20-30 crown dimemsion, short multi-branched clusters with single stipe, bumpy surface. Gray flesh, no odor, taste mild. Growing on the ground under spruce and mountain hemlock.
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