Synonyms: Clavaria palmata, Clavariella alutacea, Merisma diffusum, Merisma foetidum, Merisma palmatum, Phylacteria diffusa, Phylacteria palmata, Ramaria palmata, Thelephora caryophyllea, Thelephora diffusa.
Common name: stinking earthfan.
Extract from Wikipedia article: Thelephora palmata (commonly known as the stinking earthfan or the fetid false coral) is a species of clavarioid fungus in the family Thelephoraceae. The fruit bodies are leathery and coral-like, with branches that are narrow at the base before widening out like a fan and splitting into numerous flattened prongs. The wedge-like tips are whitish when young, but darken as the fungus matures. The common names of the fungus refers to its pungent odor, likened to fetid garlic. A widely distributed but uncommon species, it is found in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America, where it fruits on the ground in both coniferous and mixed forest.
Finnish: Löyhkäsilokka, Hungarian: Büdös szemölcsösgomba, Polish: Chropiatka cuchnąca, Swedish: Busksvamp.
Coral like mushroom Thelephora palmata together with yellow mold Chromelosporium fulvum on the ground on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
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