Minnesota Seasons - Handsome Club

Photo by Carrie Schunk

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	Description
	Handsome Club is a tiny, colorful, club fingi. It is easily overlooked due to its small size. In North America it is common from the East Coast to the Midwest. It is less common in Minnesota where it is at the western extent of its range. It is also found on the West Coast and in Texas. It grows on the ground in woodlands, often with mosses, singly, scattered, or in clusters. When clustered it is not fused at the base and is loose, not tightly packed. The fruiting body is slender, erect, and cylindrical or slightly flattened. It is usually inbranched, occasionally forked once. It is often grooved and often twisted. It can be from ⅝″ to 2½″ long or longer and 1 ⁄32″ to ⅜″ thick, but is usually no more than 1½″ long and 3 ⁄16″ thick. It is bright orange to yellow or yellowish-brown when fresh, fading to yellowish-buff as it ages. The tip is usually pointed and somewhat darker. The base is white. The flesh thin and pale yellow. It is edible but the taste is unremarkable and the size is inconsequential.

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	Habitat and Hosts
	Woodlands. Woodland humus, mossy banks


	Ecology
	Season
	Summer and fall


	Taxonomy
	Kingdom	Fungi (fungi)
	Subkingdom	Dikarya
	Division	Basidiomycota (club fungi)
	Subdivision	Agaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms)
	Class	Agaricomycetes (mushrooms, bracket fungi, puffballs, and allies)
	Subclass	Agaricomycetidae
	Order	Agaricales (common gilled mushrooms and allies)
	Suborder	Clavariineae
	Family	Clavariaceae (antler and spindle fungi)
	Genus	Clavulinopsis (clubs and corals)

	Synonyms
	Clavaria laeticolor Clavaria persimilis Clavaria pulchra Clavulinopsis pulchra Ramariopsis laeticolor

	Common Names
	Golden Fairy Club Handsome Club


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	Carrie Schunk

	Two photos, showing the common forms spotted, long cylinders and flatter often twisted.



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	Golden Fairy Club Mushroom - Coral Fungi MyBackyardBirding

	About Published on Dec 12, 2013 I was fortunate to notice this little patch of Golden Fairy Club Fungus (Clavulinopsis laeticolor) a type of Coral Mushroom along the trail. As you might guess it is not edible. In many miles of hiking only this tiny little patch was noticed. Unusually wet in the Great Smoky Mountains this past summer and many varieties of fungi were noted. More to come. New HD videos every week. Please Subscribe at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNyzOCKvyMBaA4iQVgO9EQ?sub_confirmation=1 More info at: http://screech-owls.blogspot.com/

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Carrie Schunk 9/29/2018	Location: Lake County Two photos, showing the common forms spotted, long cylinders and flatter often twisted.


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