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Crown-tipped Coral

Artomyces pyxidatus

Photo by JC_Forester
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Field Notes

Description:

This coral fungus or coral mushroom is appropriately named because it looks like coral from the ocean floor. It is distinguished from other coral fungi by the crown tips on the end of the fruiting body.

Habitat:

Oak-hemlock forest.

Reference Links:

http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jun2001.html

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