Phaeoclavulina flaccida

Species typical of coniferous woodlands, especially under pines or firs, with coralloid basidiomata up to 6 cm high and up to 5 cm wide, ochre to whitish, not bruising upon handling, with branch tips ending in two or more points, having a fruity odour and bitter taste.

Hyphal system monomitic, composed solely of thin-walled hyaline generative hyphae, the tramal ones arranged parallel, 2 to 5 µm wide, septate with clamp connections.

Cystidia or other sterile hymenial elements absent.

Basidia cylindrical-clavate, 50 to 60 µm long, 5 to 7.5 µm wide, clamped at the base, 4-spored.

Spores ellipsoidal to amygdaliform, hyaline, slightly thick-walled, with a slightly curved, pointed apicular end, 5.5 to 8 µm long, 3.5 to 4.5 µm wide, inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.