Crested Coral Fungus

Clavulina coralloides - Crested Coral Fungus

An unusually neat, near circular patch of crested coral fungus.

Clavulina coralloides - Crested Coral Fungus

Candelabra Coral Fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus - candelabra coral fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus - candelabra coral fungus

Crested Coral Fungus

Here's some photos of The Crested Coral Fungus - Clavulina coralloides. They are usually white, but discolour with age - also these pictures were taken at sunset and are making the subjects appear less white than they actually were - sorry!

Clavulina coralloides - Crested Coral Fungus

Clavulina coralloides - Crested Coral Fungus

Clavulina coralloides - Crested Coral Fungus

Clavulina coralloides - Crested Coral Fungus

Clavulina coralloides - Crested Coral Fungus

 Every Clavulina fruiting body I've seen in Sussex this year has had these black tips. Google image search and my photos from other places suggest that they are not usually present, and I've not yet found any reference to them in online descriptions... another little mystery.

Coral Fungus

Monday Mushroom #40

Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus

This is one of the most common species of coral fungus found in Britain. They usually come up in clumps at the foot of a tree.

Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus

Although in the following two photos they have colonised a raised bed outside of a supermarket in Brighton.

Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus

Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus

Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus

Spore prints are images made by leaving fresh fungi on a sheet of paper for a few hours until they have deposited a visible quantity of spores on the page - they are useful for identification (the colour of the print in particular) and they are often quite pretty - as is certainly the case with coral fungus.