Coral Like Fungi. Clavariaceae Single Or Branched Erect Clubs. Smooth Hymenium on Upper Parts
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Coral like fungi. Clavariaceae Single or branched erect clubs. Smooth hymenium on upper parts. Often brightly coloured. Genera include: Clavulina bisterigmate basidia Clavaria simple clubs, seldom branched Clavicorona candelabra type branching Clavulinopsis thin branched clubs Ramaria thick branched clumps, brown spores Typhula small, slender clubs. Aphelaria dense flattened branches Aphelaria sp. Division Eumycota Subdivision Basidiomycotina Class Homobasidiomycetes Order Aphyllophorales Fruit body. Coralloid fungus with dense many forked , flattened branches. Grows on soil. Spore print. White Habitat. On soil. Clavaria miniata now called Clavulinopsis sulcata Division Eumycota Subdivision Basidiomycotina Class Homobasidiomycetes Order Aphyllophorales Fruit body. Up to 100 mm tall, mostly unforked, cylindrical to slightly flattened with a longitudinal groove. Bright reddish orange. Spore print. White. Habitat. On soil in the rainforest areas. Clavicorona colensoi Division Eumycota Subdivision Basidiomycotina Class Homobasidiomycetes Order Aphyllophorales Fruit body. Club fungus branching into smaller branches and finally ending in a small cup with four to six much smaller crown - like terminal branches . Colour . Off white to pale tan. Spores print. White. Habitat. On wood Clavaria zollingeri Division Eumycota Subdivision Basidiomycotina Class Homobasidiomycetes Order Aphyllophorales Fruit bodies. Branching , cylindrical , violet coloured, fragile, to 7.5 cm. Spore print White. Habitat. On soil amongst leaf litter. Pterula multifida Division Eumycota Subdivision Basidiomycotina Class Homobasidiomycetes Order Aphyllophorales Fruit body. Slender branched coral-like fungus with pointed tips. Colour. White. Spore print . White. Habitat. On old wood or bark. Clavaria sp. 1 Division Eumycota Subdivision Basidiomycotina Class Homobasidiomycetes Order Aphyllophorales Fruit body. Simple clubs, 30-50 mm tall x 2 mm diameter. Apex bluntly rounded, pure white, in dense clusters. Spore print . White Habitat. On soil Clavaria sp. 2 Division Eumycota Subdivision Basidiomycotina Class Homobasidiomycetes Order Aphyllophorales Fruit body. Simple clubs, 30-50mms x 3mm diameter, rounded apex, orange. Spore print. White Habitat. On soil, growing in clusters. Clavaria sp. 3 Division Eumycota Subdivision Basidiomycotina Class Homobasidiomycetes Order Aphyllophorales Fruit body. Coralloid, 30 mm tall, white, dividing up to four times, ultimate tips acute. Spore print. White. Habitat. On wood. .