Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Russulales: Auriscalpiaceae: Artomyces pyxidatus (Pers.) Jülich

Artomyces pyxidatus – Crown-tipped Coral

Synonyms: Calocera digitata, Clavaria coronata, Clavaria petersii, Clavaria pyxidata, Clavicorona coronata, Clavicorona pyxidata, Merisma pyxidatum, Ramaria pyxidata.

Common name: Crown-tipped Coral.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Artomyces pyxidatus is a coral fungus that is commonly called crown coral or crown-tipped coral fungus. Its most characteristic feature is the crown-like shape of the tips of its branches. The epithet pyxidatus means "box-like"—a reference to this shape.

German: Verzweigte Becherkoralle, Hungarian: Csészés álkorallgomba, Polish: Świecznik rozgałęziony, Russian: Клавикорона крыночковидная, Swedish: Kandelabersvamp.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Candelabra coral mushrooms (Artomyces pyxidatus) collected by people at mushroom walk of Gulf States Mycological Society in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
• There is a Wikipedia article about this species.

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