Clavarioid fungi

Candelabra Coral

Artomyces cristatus

EN Endangered Inedible 3 images

Characteristics

– Fruitbody 1-3 cm high, unbranched or sparsely branched, light gray-pink, gray-violet to gray-brown.
– Branches smooth or slightly vertically ribbed, up to 2-5 mm wide at the top, narrowing towards the base.
– Branch tips, when young, more or less blunt, then flat to bowl-shaped with short finger-like protrusions along the edge.
– Fruitbodies grow individually or in small groups.

Ecology

Lives as a decomposer in decaying logs of pine and spruce. Rare.

Notes

Not edible.

Similar species

A. pyxidatus is much larger, has a lighter, more whitish color, and is more extensively branched.