Phaeoclavulina

Phaeoclavulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gomphales
Family: Gomphaceae
Genus: Phaeoclavulina
Brinkmann (1897)
Type species
Phaeoclavulina macrospora
Brinkmann (1897)

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

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]

References

External links

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