The fruit bodies, which appear between summer and autumn, are common.

The fruit bodies are attached to the wood at the base.

The fruit bodies are edible, and usually considered of good quality.

All parts of the fruit body stain blue when cut or injured.

The fruit body is the visible part of the growing fungus.

Individual fruit bodies take an average of five to seven days to fully mature.

Fruit bodies are often found in small groups at the side of gravel roads.

Before this, species identification was limited to times when fruit bodies were in season.

It is not known if the fruit bodies are edible.

Fruit bodies may persist for several months after they have dried.