Pipe Club

Pipe Club - Macrotyphula fistulosa var. fistulosa

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Description

A tall slender unbranched pale brown club which widens towards the tip.  

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph in habitat; note associated tree species and substrate

Habitat

Growing from small branches and buried sticks in deciduous woodland

When to see it

June to November.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    04 November 2015
    specimen exmined
  • Hazel Graves
    Burleigh Woods, Loughborough
    26 September 2024
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    04 November 2015
    specimen exmined
  • Craig Mabbett
    Fosse Meadow's Sharnford
    04 November 2015
    Specimen Examined
  • Andy's Rutland
    Private Woodland-Wing
    06 November 2019
  • Andy's Rutland
    Private Woodland-Wing
    06 November 2019
  • Melinda Bell
    Bagworth Heath Woods
    13 October 2024
    hollow structure
  • Melinda Bell
    Bagworth Heath Woods
    13 October 2024
    12 cm tall
  • Hazel Graves
    Burleigh Woods, Loughborough
    26 September 2024

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