The fruit body is generally a simple, untwisted, club-like growth (generally circular in cross-section but sometimes flattened) but sometimes the tip may be forked. It is yellow to orange and may grow to 10 centimetres tall and up to 5 millimetres in diameter.
The fruit bodies appear on soil, usually in groups (but not in tight clusters), in native woodlands or forests.
Look-alikes
The fruit bodies of Ramariopsis depokensis (synonym: Clavulinopsis depokensis) and Ramariopsis fusiformis (synonym: Clavulinopsis fusiformis) are also club-like, yellow to orange and found on soil. Those of the former are commonly twisted (and flattened in cross-section) and those of the latter appear in tight clusters and develop brownish tips.
Calocera fruit bodies are often simple, yellow to orange stalks but they grow on wood.
Reference
P. & E. Grey. (2017). A little book of corals, Revision 2. Available at: http://www.fncv.org.au/wp-content/themes/field-naturalist/publications/a_little_book_of_corals.pdf. See the illustrated entries for Clavulinopsis amoena, Clavulinopsis depokensis and Clavulinopsis fusiformis.
Clavulinopsis amoena is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast
Maps
Aranda Bushland Bermagui State Forest Black Mountain Block 402 Bodalla State Forest Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Cooma North Ridge Reserve Gossan Hill Namadgi National Park Piney Ridge South East Forest National Park Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Wanna Wanna Nature ReserveSurvey points
Point 455Places
Mystery Bay, NSW