Clavulinopsis laeticolor (Berkeley & Curtis) Petersen

Golden fairy club

Similar species

	Clavulinopsis fusiformis	You are here Clavulinopsis laeticolor	Calocera viscosa
Common Name	golden spindles	golden fairy club	yellow stagshorn fungus
Plant	Occurs in dense clusters with a common base, reaching a height of 1¾–6″ (5–15 cm). Thin yellow (or pale yellow or cream) fruiting bodies become tipped with brown with age. Tastes bitter. Found under hardwoods or conifers.	Fruiting bodies are usually separate (no common base), cylindrical but sometimes thicker near the top, sometimes partially flattened or twisted, with tips that are usually rounded. They are yellow-orange to orange. They taste mild. They are relatively short, ¾–1¾″ (2–5 cm) tall × 1/32–⅛″ (1.5–3 mm) in diameter. Found under hardwoods or conifers.	Fruiting bodies up to 5″ (12 cm) tall. Yellow, sometimes orange. They appear on areas of dead oak and other hardwoods that lack bark. Fungus tips branch into a distinctive Y shape.

Clavulinopsis laeticolor description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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