Clavariadelphus pistillaris    (L.:Fr.) Donk 

common name(s) : Giant Club, Giant Fairy Club 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Phallomycetidae/Gomphales/Clavariadelphaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae  

synonyms: Clavaria pistillaris, Clavariadelphus flavoimmaturus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Clavaria herculeana, Clavaria spathulata)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Clavariadelphus pistillaris toxicity of Clavariadelphus pistillaris genus Clavariadelphus  

The fruiting body is club-shaped, with a round top, yellow then orange-red.

The flesh is white, turning brown when exposed to air; its taste is bitter;

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, on a rather calcareous soil, with beech, oaks.

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 6 cm (between 1.5 and 30 cm)
  total height approximately 16 cm (between 5 and 30 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Clavariadelphus pistillaris is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Clavariadelphus pistillaris in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Clavariadelphus pistillaris in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18