Clavaria argillacea Pers.
(Moor Club)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClavaria argillacea (Moor Club)
GenusClavaria (a genus of fairy clubs)
FamilyCLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Clavaria argillacea (Moor Club) :
1: Clavaria argillacea (Moor Club)
5 Dec 2015 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in dunes
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side viewImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - top viewImage 4: Spores - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 6: Spores - highly magnified - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Roberts, P. 2008 Yellow Clavaria species in the British Isles Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 142-145.

Var. Pusilla

Corner, E.J.H. 1967 Notes on Clavaria TBMS Vol 50 (1): 33-44.

Clavaria argillacea (Moor Club) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clavaria argillacea (Moor Club)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clavaria argillacea (Moor Club)

An uncommon, small, unbranched, dusky fairy club of acid grassland, dunes and heaths.

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