Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Golden spindles
This fungus is native to the northern half of North America, especially in the northeast.
Identification: This fungus occurs in dense clusters with a common base, reaching a height of 1¾–6″ (5–15 cm). They form thin yellow (sometimes pale yellow or cream-colored) fruiting bodies that become tipped with brown with age. Found under hardwoods or conifers.
Edibility: Not edible; tastes bitter.
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Online References:
10/10/2021 · Witt’s End Trail, Norway, Maine · ≈ 2½ × 1¾″ (7.2 × 4.4 cm) 
8/30/2024 · Morse Pond Preserve, Georgetown, Maine 
8/6/2014 · Shieling Forest, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 3 × 3″ (7.6 × 7.8 cm) 
9/7/2013 · Beech Hill, Dublin, New Hampshire · ≈ 3½ × 3½″ (9.5 × 9.6 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
8/16/2012 · Mt. Tom State Reservation, Beau Bridge Trail, Holyoke, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 3½″ (11 × 8.6 cm) ID is uncertain 
9/2/2023 · Boundary Trail, Bradbury Mountain State Park, Pownal, Maine · ≈ 2 × 1¾″ (5.8 × 4.6 cm) 
8/16/2012 · Mt. Tom State Reservation, Beau Bridge Trail, Holyoke, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 8 cm) ID is uncertain 
9/5/2009 · Orange Trail, Willard Brook State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 2½ × 2½″ (6.9 × 6.1 cm) 
9/2/2023 · Boundary Trail, Bradbury Mountain State Park, Pownal, Maine · ≈ 2½ × 2½″ (6.2 × 6.1 cm) 
8/22/2023 · Schiller Coastal Studies Center, Orr’s Island, Maine · ≈ 2½ × 3″ (6.7 × 7.7 cm) 
8/5/2019 · Wildflower Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 2 × 1¾″ (5.2 × 4.4 cm) 
8/26/2017 · Skatutakee Mountain, Hancock, New Hampshire · ≈ 2 × 2″ (5.9 × 5.6 cm) 
9/14/2023 · Nature Conservancy Access Trail, Sprague Pond, Phippsburg, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 3½″ (11 × 9.8 cm) 
9/23/2018 · Temple, New Hampshire, United States 
9/23/2018 · Temple, New Hampshire, United States 
7/31/2021 · Otter Brrok Preserve, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 2½″ (8.7 × 7.2 cm) 
8/15/2021 · Bass Falls Preserve, Alna, Maine · ≈ 2½ × 3″ (6.7 × 7.8 cm) 
10/10/2021 · Witt’s End Trail, Norway, Maine · ≈ 1¾ × 2½″ (5 × 7.2 cm) 
8/24/2013 · Cranberry Meadow Pond Trail, Monadnock Conservancy, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 4½ × 3½″ (12 × 9.1 cm) 
8/26/2017 · Skatutakee Mountain, Hancock, New Hampshire · ≈ 3 × 3″ (7.9 × 8.1 cm) 
9/22/2023 · Moxie Falls, Moxie Gore, Maine · ≈ 6 × 5″ (14 × 12 cm) 
| Roughly 75 people in North America are poisoned each year by mushrooms, often from eating a poisonous species that resembles an edible species. Though deaths are rare, there is no cure short of a liver transplant for severe poisoning. Don’t eat any mushroom unless you are absolutely certain of its identity! Please don’t trust the identifications on this site. We aren’t mushroom experts and we haven’t focused on safely identifying edible species. |
Clavulinopsis fusiformis description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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