Clavulinopsis corniculata    (Schaeff.:Fr.) Corner 

common name(s) : Meadow Coral, Horned Fairy Club 

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

synonyms: Clavaria corniculata 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Clavulina corniculata, Clavaria caloceriformis, Ramaria concreta, Ramaria dichotoma, Ramaria echinata, Clavaria fastigata, Clavaria muscoides, Clavaria pratensis, Clavaria vitellina)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Clavulinopsis corniculata toxicity of Clavulinopsis corniculata genus Clavulinopsis  

The fruiting body is shaped like a dichotomously branched shrub, the tips being generally U-shaped, egg-yellow to ochre.

its taste is bitter; the odour is mealy.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in mossy woods, in the grass.

The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 2.5 cm (between 0.5 and 4 cm)
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 1.5 and 8 cm)

Distinctive features : branched, getting thicker towards tips, which then separate dichotomously into horns (getting curved); in troops; base covered with white fluffs

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



page updated on 14/01/18