Clavulinopsis fusiformis

Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Clavulinopsis fusiformis in grassland, Shetland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Clavariaceae
Genus: Clavulinopsis
Species:
C. fusiformis
Binomial name
Clavulinopsis fusiformis
(Sowerby) Corner (1950)
Synonyms
  • Clavaria fusiformis Sowerby (1799)
  • Clavaria inaequalis var. fusiformis (Sowerby) Fr. (1828)
  • Ramariopsis fusiformis (Sowerby) R.H.Petersen (1978)

Clavulinopsis fusiformis is a clavarioid fungus in the family Clavariaceae. In the UK, it has been given the recommended English name of golden spindles. In North America it has also been called spindle-shaped yellow coral[1] or golden fairy spindle.[2] Clavulinopsis fusiformis forms cylindrical, bright yellow fruit bodies that grow in dense clusters on the ground in agriculturally unimproved grassland or in woodland litter. It was originally described from England and is part of a species complex as yet unresolved.[3]

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