Bracken Club - Typhula quisquiliaris
Description
Tiny white clubs are produced on bracken stems. Each has a minutely hairy stem and arises from a dark brown sclerotium..
Identification difficulty
Recording advice
Photograph in habitat; note substrate and associated plant species.
Habitat
On bracken
When to see it
Autumn.
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
on bracken
Melinda Bell
Boothorpe Wood
22 November 2022
minutely hairy stem
on bracken
Melinda Bell
Boothorpe Wood
22 November 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bracken Club
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Typhulaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 22/11/2022 (Bell, Melinda)
- Last record:
- 11/10/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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