Clavaria fragilis group Holmsk. group
no common name
Clavariaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Clavariaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Species Information
Odor:
none (Corner), vaguely of green corn (Miller)
Taste:
none (Corner), mild (Miller)
Microscopic:
spores 5-7 x 3-4 microns, elliptic, smooth, (Phillips), spores 5-7 x 3-4 microns, elliptic or pip-shaped, smooth, thin-walled, generally without droplets "or very finely granular guttulate", sometimes with one droplet; basidia 4-spored, 30-45 x 6-8 microns, clavate, finely multiguttulate, without clamp connection; cystidia none; hyphae of flesh 3-16 microns wide, the cells 25-80 microns long (occasionally up to 150 microns long), the narrow hyphae with longer cells, longitudinal, compact, slightly constricted at septa, secondarily septate, thin-walled, without clamp connections, (Corner), spores 5-7 x 3-4 microns, elliptic to nearly round, smooth, (Arora)
Spore Deposit:
white (Phillips, Arora)
EDIBILITY
yes but insubstantial (Arora)
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Clavaria acuta is usually smaller, grows singly to gregariously (or more rarely in clusters), has a stem more differentiated in color, has wider spores, and has medallion clamp connections at the bases of the basidia, (Breitenbach).Habitat
often in huge masses in mossy soil under conifers, especially spruce, (Trudell), in tufts or clusters in moist soil, grass, fields, and woods, (Phillips), densely cespitose [in tufts] in tufts of 20-50, occasionally in tufts of 3-6 or gregarious, rarely single, among grass or on bare soil in fields and woods, (Corner), in tufts, clusters, or groups, on ground in woods or grassy places, (Arora), summer and fall (Miller)