Slender Club Macrotyphula juncea (Fr.) Berthier syn. Clavariadelphus junceus (Fr.) Corner syn. Clavaria juncea Fr. (illustrated 55% life size) Fruit body 3–10cm high, 0.5–2mm wide, acute at first, blunt when mature; pale ochraceous; rather rigid. Flesh firm, not brittle; taste acrid, smell sour. Spores 6–12×3.5–5.5¼, almond-shaped; white. Habitat solitary or gregarious amongst leaf litter in broad-leaved woods, on rotting twigs, petioles and other debris, rarely on bare earth; autumn. Occasional but probably often overlooked. Not edible.
