Candelabra Coral - Artomyces pyxidatus
Clavicorona pyxidata
A coral fungus, up to 10 cm high. Creamy white to yellow branches, sometimes white or pinkish, and browning with age. The branches have the shape of a candelabra; each branch tip has a number of pointed tips that look like a tiny crown. Found on rotted, often moss-covered deciduous and sometimes coniferous logs.
Ramaria species of corals
Good photographs showing the fungus in situ on a log, and detailed photos showing candelabra branching and crown-shaped tips. You must note the substrate on which it was growing.
Rotten wood
Considered Extinct 1920 in the current but unofficial Red Data List of British Fungi (Evans et al. 2006), but rediscovered in East Suffolk in 2012. (ref.: https://fungi.myspecies.info/all-fungi/artomyces-pyxidatus
Rare. The 2025 record is believed to be the first for Leicestershire and Rutland.
Melinda Bell
Charley,Burrow Wood
23 September 2025
Melinda Bell
Charley,Burrow Wood
23 September 2025
Jables1982
Burrow Wood nature reserve
21 September 2025
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Species profile
- Common names
- Candelabra Coral
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Russulales
- Family:
- Auriscalpiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 21/09/2025 (Braines, John)
- Last record:
- 23/09/2025 (Bell, Melinda)
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