CLAVARIACEAE Chevall.
(fairy clubs)

CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Camarophyllopsis
fanvaults
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 3 references
Clavaria
a genus of fairy clubs
Genus 17 subtaxa 25 trophisms 19 references
Clavulinopsis
a genus of fairy clubs
Genus 7 subtaxa 13 trophisms 6 references
Hirticlavula elegans
(A Clavarioid Basidiomycete)
Species 2 references
Hodophilus
a genus of fanvaults
Genus 5 subtaxa 12 trophisms 11 references
Mucronella calva
Swarming Spine
Species 36 trophisms
Ramariopsis
a genus of fairy clubs and coral fungi
Genus 10 subtaxa 28 trophisms 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1990 Fungi without gills (Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes) an identification handbook 329pp, Chapman and Hall
Henrici, A. 1997 Keys to British Clavariaceae
Petersen, J.H. 1999 Key to the genera of clavarioid fungi in Northern Europe 7pp
Roberts, P. 2005 Provisional Key to Clavarioid Fungi in British Grasslands

CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Waxcap Grasslands

Evans, S. 2003 British Waxcap-grassland cross-off list Field Mycology Vol 4 (4): 123-125, 136.
McHugh, R., Mitchel, D., Wright, M. & Anderson, R. 2001 Fungi of Irish Grasslands and their value for Nature Conservation Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Vol 101B No 3: 225-243.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 371 images of CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs)

When making a spore print, raise the fruitbody off the slide so that immature spores don’t contaminate the print. Alternatively, work in the "halo" of spores around the fruitbody.

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