20 October 2007 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Candle Snuff Fungus, Stag's Horn Fruiting Body Cylindrical, or antler shaped, often flattened, black, tips white and powdery, then black at maturity, to about 5 cm high Flesh White, hard Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season All year Distribution Very common Habitat On dead wood, usually of deciduous trees Spore Print Black Microscopic Features Ascospores kidney shaped, droplets, smooth (11-14) x (5-6) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
Growing on a Pine stump. 20 November 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |