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CLAVARIACEAE Chevall., 1826 (fairy clubs)

Lab. techniques When making a spore print, raise the fruitbody off the slide so that immature spores don't contaminate the print. Alternatively, work in the "halo" of spores around the fruitbody.

Subtaxa

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Genus Clavaria Fr., 1821 (a genus of fairy clubs) 17 41 3 25 4 27
Genus Clavulinopsis Overeem, 1923 (a genus of fairy clubs) 10          
Species Clavulinopsis corniculata (Fr.) Corner, 1950 (Meadow Coral)   17 2 3   2
Species Clavulinopsis fusiformis (Sowerby) Corner, 1950 (Golden Spindles)   10   5   1
Species Clavulinopsis helvola (Pers.) Corner, 1950 (Yellow Club)   10 10 5   2
Species Clavulinopsis laeticolor (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) R.H. Petersen, 1965 (Handsome Club)   5 2 15   1
Species Clavulinopsis luteo-ochracea (Cavara) Corner, 1950 (a fairy club)           1
Species Clavulinopsis luteoalba (Rea) Corner, 1950 (Apricot Club)   7 5 11   1
Species Clavulinopsis luteonana Schild, 1971 (a fairy club)           2
Species Clavulinopsis rufipes (G.F. Atk.) Corner, 1950 (a fairy club)           2
Species Clavulinopsis subtilis (Pers.) Corner, 1950 (a fairy club)           2
Species Clavulinopsis umbrinella (Sacc.) Corner, 1950 (Beige Coral)   7     3 4
Species Macrotyphula fistulosa (Holmk.) R.H. Petersen, 1972 (Pipe Club) 2          
Variety Macrotyphula fistulosa var. contorta (Holmsk.) Nannf. & L. Holm, 1985 (a pipe club)   3   3   15
Variety Macrotyphula fistulosa var. fistulosa (Holmsk.) R.H. Petersen, 1972 (Pipe Club)   2 4 2   1
Species Macrotyphula juncea (Fr.) Berthier, 1974 (Slender Club)   2 6     9
Genus Ramariopsis (Donk) Corner, 1950 (a genus of fairy clubs and coral fungi) 6          
Species Ramariopsis biformis (G.F. Atk.) R.H. Petersen, 1964 (a fairy club)           2
Species Ramariopsis crocea (Pers.) Corner, 1950 (a fairy club)           6
Species Ramariopsis kunzei (Fr.) Corner, 1950 (Ivory Coral)     13 6   8
Species Ramariopsis minutula (Bourdot & Galzin) R.H. Petersen, 1966 (a fairy club)           1
Species Ramariopsis pulchella (Boud.) Corner, 1950 (a fairy club)   3       5
Species Ramariopsis tenuiramosa Corner, 1950 (a fairy club)           1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Henrici, A., 1997 Keys to British Clavariaceae
Roberts, P., in prep. Provisional Key to Clavarioid Fungi in British Grasslands

General Works

Evans, S., 2003 British Waxcap-grassland cross-off list
McHugh, R., Mitchel, D., Wright, M. and Anderson, R., 2001 Fungi of Irish Grasslands and their value for Nature Conservation

CLAVARIACEAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with CLAVARIACEAE:

Clavariaceae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

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