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Golden Spindles

Clavulinopsis helvola · Family Clavariaceae · Updated October 2026

245US records

15states

Augbusiest month

245 US records since 1902 (73 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Dec 31, 2024 (about 22 months ago) in Lake Louise Natural Resources Conservation Area, WA, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and the busiest months are Aug, Oct and Jul. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)

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When it's recorded

Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Oct, Jul.

Where it's recorded

State	Records	Latest sighting
New Jersey	191	Nov 3, 2019
Pennsylvania	21	2019
North Carolina	13	Aug 25, 2023
New York	4	Aug 1, 2023
West Virginia	3	Aug 23, 2005
California	2	Nov 20, 2023
Virginia	2	Sep 7, 1986
Maryland	2	Sep 15, 1968
Michigan	1	Oct 4, 2019
Texas	1	Nov 4, 1983
Massachusetts	1	Jun 9, 1909
South Carolina	1	–

Top counties

Sussex County, NJ (36) · latest Sep 28, 2019
Ocean County, NJ (29) · latest Oct 26, 2019
Mercer County, NJ (23) · latest May 4, 2019
Morris County, NJ (22) · latest Jul 20, 2019
Burlington County, NJ (19) · latest Oct 6, 2018
Hunterdon County, NJ (15) · latest Aug 25, 2019
Monmouth County, NJ (13) · latest Aug 22, 2015
Middlesex County, NJ (12) · latest Aug 18, 2019
Warren County, NJ (11) · latest Jul 28, 2019
Bucks County, PA (11) · latest 2019

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