Clavaria tenuipes Berk. & Broome
(a fairy club)

Interactions where Clavaria tenuipes is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Clavaria tenuipes/Clavaria tenuipesa fairy clubfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Clavaria tenuipes/Clavaria tenuipesa fairy clubfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with Funaria hygrometrica Common Cord-moss Funariales: Funariaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Clavaria tenuipes/Clavaria tenuipesa fairy clubfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Funariales/Funariaceae/Funaria hygrometrica/Funaria hygrometricacommon cord-moss

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Clavaria tenuipes (a fairy club) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Clavaria tenuipes (a fairy club) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClavaria tenuipes (a fairy club)
GenusClavaria (a genus of fairy clubs)
FamilyCLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clavaria tenuipes (a fairy club)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Corner, E.J.H. 1967 Notes on Clavaria TBMS Vol 50 (1): 33-44.

Clavaria tenuipes (a fairy club) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Clavaria tenuipes (a fairy club):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of Clavaria tenuipes (a fairy club)

A small dingy cream or dirty buff fairy club with a well-delimited stalk. Previously confused with C. tenuipes, but apparently common.

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