Macrotyphula fistulosa    (Holmsk.:Fr.) R.H. Petersen 

common name(s) : Pipe Club 

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

synonyms: Typhula fistulosa, Clavariadelphus fistulosus, Clavaria fistulosa 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Clavaria ardenia, Macrotyphula rigida)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Macrotyphula fistulosa toxicity of Macrotyphula fistulosa genus Macrotyphula  

The fruiting body is cylindrical, very thin, swollen toward base, hollow and elastic, yellow then light tawny brown.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on wood, on coniferous or deciduous branches, on birch, alder.

The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.6 cm (between 0.1 and 1 cm)
  total height approximately 15 cm (between 1 and 30 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Macrotyphula fistulosa is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Macrotyphula fistulosa in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Macrotyphula fistulosa in the forest of Rambouillet



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