3 April 2010 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Slender, cylindrical, sometimes branched, blackish with white tips, to about 6 cm high Flesh Hard, white Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On rotting beech mast Microscopic Features Ascospores kidney shaped, smooth (11-14) x (5-6) µm2 Edibility Inedible |