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Crown Coral - Artomyces pyxidatus It was pale yellow with slightly darker tips. Some of the branches were also pinkish. The branches grew from a single base and were curved.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous forest (mostly oak, maple, and birch) Artomyces pyxidatus,Crown Coral,Geotagged,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Crown Coral - Artomyces pyxidatus

It was pale yellow with slightly darker tips. Some of the branches were also pinkish. The branches grew from a single base and were curved.

Habitat: Growing on rotting wood in a deciduous forest (mostly oak, maple, and birch)

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Beautiful. With explicit structures like this, it always makes me wonder how the built-in growth and branching plan works. Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Exactly! It's pretty amazing! I forgot to mention that this fungus was growing on my kids' fort in the woods. They use fallen trees and branches to build shelters/forts and a lot of the wood is covered in fungi and slime mold! Posted 6 years ago
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        Ferdy Christant
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        Wow, a fort is such a young boys' universal dream, how cool! I'm sure they grow up with great appreciation of all the "bonus" life on the woods, given their mother's attention to it :) You probably have to wait until the age of 25 though, when some first sanity enters the typical male brain. Posted 6 years ago
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          Christine Young
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          Lol, yeah. They appreciate nature for sure, but they don't want it in their forts. They are always asking me to remove whatever mushrooms, insects, or slimes have dared to invade their fort. Posted 6 years ago
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            Ferdy Christant
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            Like I said, 25. Once day it will all pay out ;) Posted 6 years ago
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              Christine Young
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              Lol, *thumbs up* Posted 6 years ago

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The Crown-Tipped Coral Fungus

''Artomyces pyxidatus'' is a coral fungus that is commonly called crown coral or crown-tipped coral fungus. Its most characteristic feature is the crown-like shape of the tips of its branches. The epithet ''pyxidatus'' means "box-like"—a reference to this shape.

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Similar species: Russulales
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Oct 9, 2018. Captured Aug 2, 2018 10:12 in RD RTE 202, 067760000, 16 Park Ln E, New Milford, CT 06776, United States.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.