– Fruitbody 4-15 cm high, branched in a candelabra-like manner, white to yellow-beige.
– Branch tips cup-shaped with short finger-like projections along the edge.
– Fruit bodies often grow individually on large, fallen logs of broadleaved trees.
Clavarioid fungi
Candelabra Coral
Artomyces pyxidatus
NT
Near threatened
Inedible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Lives as a decomposer in large, fallen trunks, primarily of aspen, rare on other tree species.
Notes
Lacks culinary value.
Similar species
Easily recognizable by the cup-shaped branch tips with candelabra-like branching. Artomyces cristata is similar but has flesh-pink color, fewer branches, and is smaller in size.
