Slender Club

Macrotyphula juncea

Macrotyphula juncea is a species of club fungus in the family Typhulaceae.
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Appearance

Fruiting Body: 4–8 cm high and 0.5–1 mm wide; cylindric; apex rounded or slightly narrowed; bald; dry; whitish to creamy yellowish; fertile surface not clearly delineated from sterline stem surface.

Flesh: Thin; whitish.

Odor and Taste: Not distinctive.

Chemical Reactions: Iron salts and KOH both negative on surface.

Spore Print: Reported as white by Corner (1950).
Slender Club - Macrotyphula juncea These whitish yellow club fungi were about 5 cm tall and less than a mm wide. No odor was detected. Habitat: This fungus was growing on leaves (maple mostly) on a nature trail in a mixed forest. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/68518/slender_club_-_macrotyphula_juncea.html Fall,Geotagged,Macrotyphula juncea,Slender Club,United States,club fungi,fungus,slender club

Distribution

Widely distributed in North America
Slender Club - Macrotyphula juncea These whitish club fungi were about 3 - 5 cm tall and less than a mm wide. No odor was detected. Habitat: Leaf litter in a mixed forest Fall,Geotagged,Macrotyphula juncea,Slender Club,United States

Habitat

Probably saprobic; growing gregariously to densely gregariously on forest litter in both hardwood and conifer forests; summer and fall, or over winter in warmer climates.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyTubariaceae
GenusMacrotyphula
SpeciesMacrotyphula juncea
Photographed in
United States of America