Typhula erythropus    (Pers.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Redleg Club 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Typhulaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Typhulaceae  

synonyms: Clavaria erythropus 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Typhula erythropus toxicity of Typhula erythropus genus Typhula  

The fruiting body is spindle-shaped, very thin, with a reddish-brown stem (very thin, thread-like), and white head at the top.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in the woods, on twigs and litter.

The fruiting period takes place from October to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.2 cm (between 0.1 and 0.3 cm)
  total height approximately 2 cm (between 0.5 and 3 cm)

Distinctive features : column-shaped (not branching), very thin

Typhula erythropus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Typhula erythropus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Typhula erythropus in the forest of Rambouillet



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