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Artomyces pyxidatus or Clavicorona pyxidata
A coral fungus that is most noted for its crown-like shape of the tips of its branches. One of the few types of coral fungi that grow directly from wood. Pale yellow when young, progressing to a dull ochre, pink, or tan.
Scattered, in dense clusters on rotting logs, particularly of aspen, poplar, willow, maple, etc. Widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains in North America.
Found in the Lusk Creek Wilderness area of Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois.
This is not Artomyces pyxidatus (crown-tipped coral). A. pyxidatus grows on wood, is white to pale tan and has very distinctive crown-shaped tips, even when very young.
Spotted on Oct 14, 2013
Submitted on Oct 17, 2013
