22/Sep/2026 (🌅🌇), 4:40 PM
Soodla forest, Raudoja, Harju, Eesti
Mixed pine dominant forest, under Pinus sylvestris, deep in moss on conifer litter
59°23'13.7"N 25°23'39.5"E
🌡️ 15°C ⛅ Passing clouds 💨 Wind 40° NE->SW, 17 km/h
Original Instagram postPhaeoclavulina eumorpha
- Scientific identification
- Phaeoclavulina eumorpha (P. Karst.) Giachini
- Family
- Gomphaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Phaeoclavulina
Names across languages
- German: Kiefern-Koralle
- Finnish: Kuusihaarakas
- Estonian: Kuuseharik
- Russian: Феоклавулина красивая
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2026-09-22.
Hymenium
Smooth; pale ochre-yellow to clay-brown
Fruit body
Coral-like, repeatedly dichotomously branched, compact to moderately open; branches ochre-yellow when young, becoming dull honey-brown to clay-coloured; tips initially buff-yellow to cream, usually pointed
Hymenium Attachment
Fertile surface continuous over the branches
Stipe
Short, distinct, whitish to pale yellow; base surrounded by conspicuous white to cream tomentum and whitish-yellow rhizomorphs
Spore print
Spore print ochre-yellow to pale brown
Ecology
Probably saprobic on conifer needle litter, humus and occasionally woody debris; mainly coniferous forests; scattered, gregarious or in rows; summer to autumn
Edibility
Edibility uncertain; small and tough
Fruit body
Fruit body small to medium; ~2.5–7 cm tall and ~1.5–4 cm wide
Flesh
Whitish to pale yellow, tough and leathery, unchanging when cut
Chemical reactions
15% KOH briefly bright yellow on rhizomorphs
Odour
Faintly earthy
Taste
Mild
Microscopy
Spores ellipsoid to oblong-ellipsoid, yellowish, ornamented with numerous cyanophilous warts, ~6–10 × 3.3–5 µm; spines up to ~1–1.5 µm; basidia clavate, 4-spored with basal clamps
Overview
Small ochre-yellow woodland coral with pale rhizomorphs and non-greening branches
2011). Mycotaxon 115: 191.
Field encounters
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