Golden-thread Cordyceps
(Slender Truffle Club)
Description
Fruit-body tongue- to club-shaped, 4-8 cm high. Cap widened, warty, olive-brown to red-brown to black.
Stem matt, brownish, yellowish towards the base, 3-6 cm x 4-8 mm, with yellow mycelium strands.
Occurrence
On Elaphomyces in broad-leaved and coniferous woods and parks.
Parasitic.