Where’s Wildlife · Mushroom Field Guide
Artomyces pyxidatus
Pronounced (approx.): ar-TOH-my-seez pik-sih-DAY-tus
Pale branches end in tiny crowns above decaying wood.
Crown-tipped Coral. Select the photo to browse the gallery. Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
NATIVE
Fruiting varies with local weather and habitat.
Cup-like branch tips ringed with points
Cream to pale yellow branching clusters
Growing directly from dead wood
Compare form, texture and growing surfaces in the photographs below.
The crown-shaped tips and woody substrate support Artomyces pyxidatus in these six photographs.
Crested Clavulina has flattened, comb-like tips and grows from the ground. Other coral fungi may lack either the crowns or the wood association.
Decaying hardwood logs and branches. Spring through fall.
A wood decomposer with a spore-bearing surface along its branches.
Cup-like branch tips ringed with points.
Growing directly from dead wood.
The label follows the identification level stated above.
These photographs were taken in Illinois or Wisconsin; the exact location of each image is unconfirmed. The observation map provides wider context.
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Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
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