Clavulina cinerea (Bull.) J. Schröt.
Gray Coral

Clavulina from clava, club referring to the shape

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Description:
coral fungus
Fruiting Body: fruiting structure 3-6 cm high x 2-3 mm diameter. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 5.2-7.4 x 7-9.2 µm, subglobose, smooth, hyaline.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: the tips of the branches become blackened with age; very variable

Diagnostic microscopic feature: large, smooth subglobose spores

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not common

Nutritional Mode: ectomycorrhizal

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: woodland

Fruiting Season: summer

  
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Cantharellales
 

 

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