Slender Club

Slender Club - Macrotyphula juncea

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Description

A tall, very slender, pale brown and unbranched club that doesn't widen at the tip.   The base has pale white hairs. 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph in habitat; note associated tree species and substrate.

Habitat

Woodland in leaf litter, often Ash

When to see it

Autumn.

VC55 Status

Occasional

  • Melinda Bell
    Ratby,Martinshaw Wood
    07 November 2023
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    04 November 2015
    specimen exmined
  • David Nicholls
    Burbage Wood
    07 November 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    07 November 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    07 November 2013
  • Melinda Bell
    New Lount Nature Reserve
    14 October 2020
    detail of base of club
  • Rowan Roenisch
    Stoneygate garden
    20 October 2021
  • Melinda Bell
    Thringstone,Grace Dieu Woods
    11 November 2023
  • David Nicholls
    Burbage Wood
    07 November 2013
  • Melinda Bell
    Thringstone,Grace Dieu Woods
    11 November 2023

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