17/Sep/2026, 5:38 PM
Soodla forest, Anija, Harju, Eesti
Mixed (conifer dominant) forest woodland edge damp waxcap grassland, in sandy soil
59°23'15.3"N 25°23'43.2"E
🌡️ 14°C ⛅ Partly sunny 💨 Wind 260° W->E, 15 km/h
Original Instagram postClavulinopsis laeticolor
Handsome Club
- Scientific identification
- Clavulinopsis laeticolor (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) R.H. Petersen
- Family
- Clavariaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Clavulinopsis
Names across languages
- English: Handsome Club
- German: Schöne Wiesenkeule
- Finnish: Kierrenuijakas
- Estonian: Eredavärviline Klavulinopsis
- Russian: Клавулинопсис ярко-окрашенный
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2026-09-17.
Hymenium
Smooth, covering most of the outer club surface; yellow-orange to orange
Fruit body
Slender, cylindrical to narrowly club-shaped, unbranched; straight to slightly curved, sometimes flattened or grooved; apex rounded, spatulate or occasionally pointed; yellow-orange to orange, paler toward base
Hymenium Attachment
Fertile surface continuous over the club
Stipe
Indistinct; base narrowed, whitish to pale yellow, sometimes with white basal mycelium
Spore print
Spore print white
Description
Saprobic on soil, moss, humus and leaf litter; unimproved grasslands, meadows, heathland, woodland edges; solitary, scattered or in small clusters; summer to late autumn
Description
Insubstantial
Fruit body
Fruit body small; ~2–5(–6) cm tall and ~1.5–4 mm thick
Flesh
Pale yellow to orange, thin and pliant, unchanging when cut
Chemical reactions
KOH yellow-green to green on flesh; FeSO₄ dingy greenish on hymenium
Odour
Indistinct
Taste
Mild, indistinct
Microscopy
Spores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose or pyriform, smooth, hyaline, inamyloid, ~5–8 × 3.5–5.5 µm; basidia 4-spored; cystidia absent; clamp connections present
Overview
Bright orange-yellow fairy club with smooth spores and a prominent apiculus
1965). Mycologia 57(4): 522.
Field encounters
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