Clavaria redoleoalii

The fruitbody is a white and club-like, up to 70 millimetres tall by 3 wide.  

It has a smell of garlic or onion, sometimes very strong!  

The species was first described by R.H Petersen in 1988, based on material collected in New Zealand.   fruitbodies occur on soil in various forest. It is known from various locations in New Zealand and, in Australia, it has been found in Tasmania and Canberra.

Look-alikes

There are other fungi with similar white, club-like fruitbodies – but without the garlic/onion aroma.   

On pages 43, 45 and 50  of the book listed below, Petersen discusses this species and Clavaria alliacea, also with a garlic/onion aroma, but which differs in microscopic features from Clavaria redoleoalii.

Reference

R.H. Petersen, (1988),  The clavarioid fungi of New Zealand, DSIR, Wellington.