Clavulinopsis laeticolor

Clavulinopsis laeticolor is a coral mushroom in the family Clavariaceae. It has fruit bodies with slender, bright orange to yellow arms up to 5 cm (2 in) tall and 3 mm wide. It fruits singly or in loose groups on the ground,[2] often among mosses. A widely distributed species, it is found in Asia, Europe, North America,[3] and New Zealand.[4]

Clavulinopsis laeticolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Clavariaceae
Genus: Clavulinopsis
Species:
C. laeticolor
Binomial name
Clavulinopsis laeticolor
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavaria laeticolor Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1868)
  • Ramariopsis laeticolor (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) R.H.Petersen (1978)
  • Donkella laeticolor (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Malysheva & Zmitr. (2006)
  • Donkella laeticolor (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Malysheva. (2008)
  • Clavaria pulchra Peck (1876)

Similar species include Clavulinopsis fusiformis,[2] C. helvola,[5] Alloclavaria purpurea, Calocera cornea, Clavaria fragilis, and Macrotyphula juncea.[2] Some cannot be distinguished without observation of microscopic features.[5]

References
  1. "Clavulinopsis laeticolor". www.Mycobank.org. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. Davis RM, Sommer R, Menge JA (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-520-27108-1.
  3. Ammirati J, Trudell S (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 239–240. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  4. Petersen RH (1988). The Clavarioid Fungi of New Zealand. DSIR bulletin. Lubrecht & Cramer. p. 128. ISBN 978-0477025140.
  5. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.


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