White Coral

Clavulina coralloides

Family: Clavulinaceae

White Coral (Clavulina coralloides)
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Overview

Small white-cream branched coral on woodland floor across Europe and North America. Mild taste; edible but often parasitised black by Helminthosphaeria.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal

Host trees & substrate

  • Local forest substrate

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