Clavaria greletii Boud.
(Dark Club)

Interactions where Clavaria greletii 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 greletii/Clavaria greletiidark clubfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with Minor 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 greletii/Clavaria greletiidark clubfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchMinor

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 greletii (Dark Club) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Clavaria greletii (Dark Club) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClavaria greletii (Dark 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 greletii (Dark Club)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Corner, E.J.H. 1967 Notes on Clavaria TBMS Vol 50 (1): 33-44.
Roberts, P. 2007 Black & Brown Clavaria species in the British Isles Field Mycology Vol 8 (2): 59-62.

Clavaria greletii (Dark 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 greletii (Dark Club):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Clavaria greletii (Dark Club)

Endangered

EN/B

A widespread but uncommon, unbranched, grey fairy club found in unimproved grassland.

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