In mossy spruce and fir woodland, parasitic on buried truffles (Elaphomyces), late summer to autumn

Inedible — a small, uncommon parasite without culinary interest

• ▸ Slender, club- to spindle-shaped, pale yellowish-brown fruit body, often tipped with a paler point
• ▸ Rises from buried deer truffles (Elaphomyces), on which it is parasitic
• ▸ Smooth, matte surface, only a few centimetres tall, singly or in small groups
• ▸ In mossy conifer forest, growing out of the ground litter rather than from wood

A member of the truffleclub genus, parasitic on underground Elaphomyces ("deer truffles") and easily overlooked among moss. The epithet longisegmentatum refers to the long, multisegmented part-spores — hence the literal translation of the name.