Clavulina cristata

Clavulina cristata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Clavulinaceae
Genus: Clavulina
Species:
C. cristata
Binomial name
Clavulina cristata
Synonyms
  • Clavulina coralloides (L.) J. Schröt.[1]
  • Clavaria coralloides L., 1753[2]
  • Clavaria elegans Bolton 1789[3]
Clavulina cristata
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Smooth hymenium
No distinct cap
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic or mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Clavulina cristata, commonly known as the wrinkled coral fungus,[4] white coral fungus or the crested coral fungus,[5] is a white- or light-colored edible coral mushroom present in temperate areas of the Americas and Europe. It is the type species of the genus Clavulina.

  1. ^ Joseph Schröter, in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.1(25–32), page 443 (1888)
  2. ^ L., Sp. pl. 2, page 1182 (1753)
  3. ^ Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax (Huddersfield) 3,page 115 (1790)
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