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(fungi, moulds and lichens)
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(spore droppers)
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CLAVARIACEAE
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Clavaria
(a genus of fairy clubs)
Clavaria fragilis
(White Spindles)
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Clavaria fragilis Holmsk., 1790 (White Spindles)

Date: 10 October 2006
Location: Derby, England
Voucher: 10/10/2006[F]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: in basic grassland
Identification Notes: Tip: pointed.
Stalk: well-differentiated
Separate at base but growing close together

Spores: broadly ellipsoid, 4-5/3µm.

Images etc

naked eye photograph Fruitbodies - on pale background 500 by 256 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - magnified 445 by 500 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - highly magnified 431 by 500 pixels

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