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  • Scientific names
    • Clavaria vermicularis
    • Clavaria fragilis
    • Clavaria vermicularis sphaerospora
    • Clavaria vermicularis gracilis
  • English
    • Fairy Fingers

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Observer

anubishift

Date

Nov 15, 2011

Place

Peavy Arboretum, Corvallis, OR (Google, OSM)

Description

Widely distributed in a mossy area under evergreens

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What

Fairy Fingers Clavaria fragilis

Observer

vaudesir

Date

Jan 3, 2010

Description

Seen along the New Almaden trail.

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Observer

antonyw

Date

Nov 21, 2009 01:18 PM PST
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Description from Wikipedia

Clavaria fragilis, commonly known as fairy fingers, white worm coral, or white spindles, is a species of fungus in the family Clavariaceae. It is synonymous with Clavaria vermicularis. The fungus is the type species of the genus Clavaria and is a typical member of the clavarioid or club fungi. It produces tubular, unbranched, white basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that typically grow in clusters. The fruit bodies can reach dimensions of 15 cm (5.9 in) tall by 0.5 cm (0.2...

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