CLAVARIACEAE Chevall.
(fairy clubs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
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Genus 17 subtaxa 96 images 20 ident. refs
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Genus 6 subtaxa 140 images 6 ident. refs
Species 2 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 17 images 3 ident. refs
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Species 18 images
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Genus 3 subtaxa 37 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1990 Fungi without gills (Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes) an identification handbook 329pp, Chapman and Hall
Henrici, A. 1997 Keys to British Clavariaceae
Petersen, J.H. 1999 Key to the genera of clavarioid fungi in Northern Europe 7pp
Roberts, P. 2005 Provisional Key to Clavarioid Fungi in British Grasslands

CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 102 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs)

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.

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