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Clavulina

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Clavulina is a genus of fungus in the family Clavulinaceae, in the Cantharelloid clade (order Cantharellales). Species are characterized by having extensively branched fruit bodies, white spore prints, and bisterigmate basidia (often with secondary septation). Branches are cylindrical or flattened, blunt, and pointed or crested at the apex, hyphae with or without clamps, basidia cylindrical to narrowly clavate, mostly with two sterigmata which are large and strongly incurved and spores subspherical or broadly ellipsoid, smooth, and thin-walled, each with one large oil drop or guttule. The genu

Species

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Genus

  1. PhylumForaminifera
  2. ClassGlobothalamea
  3. OrderTextulariida
  4. FamilyValvulinidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
874
With media
162
Family
Valvulinidae
Collections
NHMUK, USNM, UF, PRI, US
Recorded in
Jordan, United States, United Kingdom, Cuba, Guyana

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hydnaceae
Image
Clavulina coralloides - Lindsey.jpg
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taxon name
Clavulina
Commons category
Clavulina
topic's main category
Category:Clavulina
taxon rank
genus
taxon author citation
J.Schröt.
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Encyclopedic overview

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Clavulina is a genus of fungus in the family Clavulinaceae, in the Cantharelloid clade (order Cantharellales). Species are characterized by having extensively branched fruit bodies, white spore prints, and bisterigmate basidia (often with secondary septation). Branches are cylindrical or flattened, blunt, and pointed or crested at the apex, hyphae with or without clamps, basidia cylindrical to narrowly clavate, mostly with two sterigmata which are large and strongly incurved and spores subspherical or broadly ellipsoid, smooth, and thin-walled, each with one large oil drop or guttule. The genus contains approximately forty-five species with a worldwide distribution, primarily in tropical regions.

File:Clavulina cinerea 447865875.jpg | Clavulina spores File:Clavulina rugosa 463300472.jpg | basidia with two sterigmata

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