This one is known in the coral mushroom group and it’s easy to see why.
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Lentaria micheneri is in the order Basidiomycota and division of Hymenomycetes, sometimes called Coral Fungi. Coral fungi is usually noted by its finger-like growth. Some of this growth is a simple stalk and other growth is branched like a piece of coral. The simple growth is sometimes called Club Coral. The Club Coral species can be very similar to the club-shaped sac fungi. One way to get closer to identification is to note whether the fungi is fragile and brittle, making it a coral fungi verses the tougher sac fungi.
