coral fungus

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of various fungi of several genera, including Clavulina and Ramaria, having often brightly colored branched spore-bearing structures that resemble coral.

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• noun any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral