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Roberts, P., in prep.

Provisional Key to Clavarioid Fungi in British Grasslands

Draft key for Peter Roberts' and Brian Spooner's forthcoming Coral Fungi book, as handed out at the BMS Grassland Workshop, Abergavenny, Nov 2005.

Pages 4
Intended Final Form Book
Coverage All the British species known at the time.
Identify Under a Compound Microscope.
Specimen Prep. Microscopy of spores and clamp connections.
Difficulty Loop clamps are often difficult to see. May be more visible on tramal hyphae, eg at base of fruitbody.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

CLAVARIACEAE Chevall., 1826 (fairy clubs) Identification Current
TREMELLODENDROPSIDACEAE Jülich, 1982 (a family of jelly fungi) Identification Current

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