Clavulinopsis helvola    (Fr.) Corner 

common name(s) : Yellow Club 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Clavariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae/Cantharellales/Clavariaceae  

synonyms: Clavaria helvola 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Clavulinopsis helveola, Clavaria angustata, Clavaria rufa, Clavaria similis, Clavaria teres, Clavulinopsis helvola-geoglossoides, Clavaria helvola-geoglossoides)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of  Clavulinopsis helvola
photo gallery of  Clavulinopsis helvola potential confusions with  Clavulinopsis helvola toxicity of Clavulinopsis helvola genus Clavulinopsis  

The fruiting body is spindle-shaped, furrowed, yellow to orange-yellow, drying brown at the tips.

The flesh is white or yellowish;

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in lawns, moss, or in deciduous woods.

The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.3 cm (between 0.15 and 0.4 cm)
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Clavulinopsis helvola is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Clavulinopsis helvola in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Clavulinopsis helvola in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18