[4] In 1846 the French mycologist Joseph-Henri Léveillé classified it as Merisma subulatum[5] however this change was not adopted and the current name remains Pterula subulata.

Fruit body: 3-6mm thin, hairlike coral that branches repeatedly towards the smooth and shiny pointed tips.

[6] This species is not commonly recorded in the United Kingdom but has been found in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and South Somerset and was observed growing on soil in damp woodland.

[7] It is found on soil in damp woodland where it grows solitary or in small trooping groups probably all through the year.

The specific epithet subulata derives from the Latin subulatus meaning awl or needle shaped.