Grey Coral - Clavulina cinerea
A large grey coral, branching from the base. The multiple branches mostly have rounded tips.
The Crested Coral Clavulina coralloides can also be greyish but branch tips are usually pointed and serrated
Photograph in habitat, with detail of branching tips.
Woodlands and under trees, mycorrhizal with deciduous and coniferous trees
July to November
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Melinda Bell
New Lount Nature Reserve
20 October 2019
det. R Iliffe
GHunt
Prior's Coppice
16 October 2025
Melinda Bell
New Lount Nature Reserve
20 October 2019
Melinda Bell
Groby, Woodland
28 November 2023
in deep leaf litter
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Species profile
- Common names
- Grey Coral
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Cantharellales
- Family:
- Hydnaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 22/10/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 16/10/2025 (Hunt, Graham)
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