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Information: MCCD # (815) 338-6223

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DeadmansFingers Common Name:
Dead Man's Fingers
 
 
Scientific Name: Xylaria polymorpha

 

Habitat/Season: Clusters on Rotting Deciduous Wood & Base of Maple & Beech Stumps / June-October

 

Comment: Club Size: 3/4 - 3 3/4" Tall, 3/8 - 1 1/4" Wide The common name accurately describes this mushroom, which sometimes appears in a thick hand-like clump, and other times as clusters of distinct fingers.