The candelabra shape of the fruit body of the crown coral fungus Artomyces pyxidatus

The candelabra shape of the fruit body of the crown coral fungus Artomyces pyxidatus catches the eye with its complexity. This fungus, in Poland threatened with extinction, was growing on a broken branch of a beech tree in the proposed “Szachty” nature reserve in the Beskid Niski region.