Taxonomy
Clavaria miniata
Red List Status -
Description
Fruiting body: simple, clavate, flattened, with a vertical groove in older specimens; 30– 140 mm tall; glabrous; apex rounded, bright orange red to red;opaque.
Stipe:cylindrical, but not clearly differentiated.
Flesh: firm but fragile.
Spore print: white.
Spores:
Notes: thisfungus is characterized by its tall upright, clavate, orange red to red fruiting bodies growing singly in deep litter. Almost certainly Clavaria miniata which also occurs in Australia.
Patrick Leonard 2019