Phaeoclavulina

The genus Phaeoclavulina comprises approximately 42 species of coral fungi.[1]

Phaeoclavulina
Phaeoclavulina
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Phaeoclavulina

Brinkmann (1897)
Type species
Phaeoclavulina macrospora
Brinkmann (1897)

Description

Basidiocarps may range in color from bright yellow, to ochre, orange or shades of tan.

The spores of Phaeoclavulina species are ochre-brown in mass deposit and are echinulate.

Species

As of January 2016, Index Fungorum accepts 13 species of Phaeoclavulina:[2]

  • Phaeoclavulina angustata
  • Phaeoclavulina cervicornis
  • Phaeoclavulina clavarioides
  • Phaeoclavulina decolor
  • Phaeoclavulina eumorpha
  • Phaeoclavulina grandis
  • Phaeoclavulina guadelupensis
  • Phaeoclavulina quercus-ilicis
  • Phaeoclavulina retispora
  • Phaeoclavulina sikkimia
  • Phaeoclavulina subclaviformis
  • Phaeoclavulina viridis
  • Phaeoclavulina zealandica

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