Artomyces pyxidatus    (Pers. Ex Fr.) Jülich 

common name(s) : Candelabra Coral 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Russulales/Auriscalpiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae  

synonyms: Clavicorona pyxidata, Clavaria pyxidata 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of  Artomyces pyxidatus
photo gallery of  Artomyces pyxidatus potential confusions with  Artomyces pyxidatus toxicity of Artomyces pyxidatus genus Artomyces  

The fruiting body is shaped like a branched shrub, each section thickening upwards until being subdivided in turn again like a candelabrum, the tips being funnel-shaped, whitish, flesh-pink to pale ochre.

The flesh is yellow-white, getting browner when rubbed; its taste is mild to bitter, then acrid when chewed; the odour is spicy.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on wood, on dead coniferous or deciduous wood, on pine, poplar, willow.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions:
  total height approximately 9 cm (between 4 and 15 cm)

Distinctive features : cream-white to cream-ochre colour; dichotomously branched as a candelabrum; flattened tips; dense branches thickening upwards before dividing again; acrid taste

Artomyces pyxidatus is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Artomyces pyxidatus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Artomyces pyxidatus in the forest of Rambouillet



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