Typhula crassipes Fuckel
(a minute club fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTyphula crassipes (a minute club fungus)
GenusTyphula (a genus of minute club fungi)
FamilyTYPHULACEAE (a family of minute club fungi)
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 Typhula crassipes (a minute club fungus) :
1: Typhula crassipes (a minute club fungus)
17 Oct 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on indeterminate plant remains
Image 1: Fruitbodies growing from sclerotiaImage 2: Fruitbodies growing from sclerotia (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - apex - close-upImage 4: Sclerotia with emergent fruitbodiesImage 5: BasidiosporesImage 6: Basidiospores (2)Image 7: Basidiospores (3)Image 8: Basidiospores (4)Image 9: Basidiospores (5)Image 10: Basidiospores (6)Image 11: CaulocystidiaImage 12: Crystals in hymeniumImage 13: Hyphae of central strandImage 14: Sclerotial wall cell structureImage 15: Sclerotial wall cell structure (2)Image 16: Sclerotial wall cell structure (3)Image 17: Sclerotial wall cell structure (4)Image 18: Sclerotial wall cell structure (5)Image 19: Sclerotial wall cell structure (6)Image 20: Sclerotial wall cell structure (7)

Typhula crassipes (a minute club fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Typhula crassipes (a minute club fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Typhula crassipes (a minute club fungus)

A small club fungus growing on debris including rotten leaves of Betula and stems of Epilobium. It has a sclerotium which often produces more than one fruitbody.

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