Grey Coral

Clavulina cinerea

Deciduous and coniferous forests. Autumn.

Fruiting bodies 3-8 cm tall, branching like a shrub: the branches and side branchlets dense, flat or round, with short, blunt, less often pointed, toothed tips, grey, brownish-grey in colour. Stem up to 3 cm tall and 6 mm thick, white or the colour of the branchlets. Flesh with a strong mushroomy smell. Characteristic features: tips of the branchlets blunt, rarely pointed or toothed. Grows singly or in small groups. Edible when young, of low value. Not rare, common in places.