Strap Coral / Club Coral (Clavariadelphus ligula)

Clavariadelphus ligula

Coniferous and mixed forests, likes spruce and pine communities. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies club-shaped, clavate, wrinkled, 3-8 cm tall, up to 1.3 cm thick at the top, 0.3-0.5 cm in the lower part, yellowish, orange-yellow, when old yellowish-grey. Flesh whitish, yellowish, soft, mild in taste. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies similar to those of the Pestle Club, only bluntly knobbly at the top, spores smaller. Grows singly or in groups in spruce and pine forests. Edible, of low value. Uncommon. A massive club fungus, but half the size and much more common than the Pestle Club.