Phaeoclavulina
Appearance
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Phaeoclavulina myceliosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Gomphales |
Family: | Gomphaceae |
Genus: | Phaeoclavulina Brinkmann (1897) |
Type species | |
Phaeoclavulina macrospora Brinkmann (1897)
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The genus Phaeoclavulina comprises over 60 species of coral fungi.
Description
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Basidiocarps may range in color from bright yellow, to ochre, orange or shades of tan. The spores of Phaeoclavulina species are ochre-brown in mass deposit and are echinulate (covered with small spines).
Distribution
[edit]Phaeoclavulina species range from tropical to temperate regions. They are more abundant in the tropics and subtropics. Many Phaeoclavulina species have a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
History
[edit]- The genus was proposed in 1897 to accommodate coral fungi with spiny spores.[2]
- The genus has been expanded in 2011 to include certain species formerly classified in Gomphus and Ramaria genera. After that, the genus Phaeoclavulina included 41 species.[3]
- Between 2018 and 2022, 15 new species were described from Italy, Mexico, and China.[4]
- P. bicolor, P. echinoflava, P. jilinensis, P. aurantilaeta, and P. yunnanensis were described in 2024 from China.[4][5][6]
- P. aeruginea & P. cinnamomea were described in 2025 from Hunan Province, China.[7]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Phaeoclavulina:[8]
- Phaeoclavulina abietina
- Phaeoclavulina aeruginea
- Phaeoclavulina africana
- Phaeoclavulina alboapiculata
- Phaeoclavulina angustata
- Phaeoclavulina apiahyna
- Phaeoclavulina arcosuensis
- Phaeoclavulina argentea
- Phaeoclavulina articulotela
- Phaeoclavulina aurantilaeta
- Phaeoclavulina bicolor
- Phaeoclavulina camellia
- Phaeoclavulina campestris
- Phaeoclavulina campoi
- Phaeoclavulina capucina
- Phaeoclavulina carovinacea
- Phaeoclavulina caroviridula
- Phaeoclavulina cervicornis
- Phaeoclavulina cinnamomea
- Phaeoclavulina clavarioides
- Phaeoclavulina cokeri
- Phaeoclavulina coniferarum
- Phaeoclavulina corrugata
- Phaeoclavulina curta
- Phaeoclavulina cyanocephala
- Phaeoclavulina decolor
- Phaeoclavulina decurrens
- Phaeoclavulina echinoflava
- Phaeoclavulina echinovirens
- Phaeoclavulina eumorpha
- Phaeoclavulina flaccida
- Phaeoclavulina gigantea
- Phaeoclavulina glauco-aromatica
- Phaeoclavulina grandis
- Phaeoclavulina griseobrunnea
- Phaeoclavulina guadelupensis
- Phaeoclavulina guyanensis
- Phaeoclavulina insignis
- Phaeoclavulina jilinensis
- Phaeoclavulina liliputiana
- Phaeoclavulina longicaulis
- Phaeoclavulina macrospora
- Phaeoclavulina minutispora
- Phaeoclavulina murrillii
- Phaeoclavulina mutabilis
- Phaeoclavulina myceliosa
- Phaeoclavulina nigricans
- Phaeoclavulina ochracea
- Phaeoclavulina pancaribbea
- Phaeoclavulina pseudozippelii
- Phaeoclavulina quercus-ilicis
- Phaeoclavulina retispora
- Phaeoclavulina roellinii
- Phaeoclavulina sikkimia
- Phaeoclavulina subclaviformis
- Phaeoclavulina subdecurrens
- Phaeoclavulina tropicalis
- Phaeoclavulina vinaceipes
- Phaeoclavulina viridis
- Phaeoclavulina yunnanensis
- Phaeoclavulina zealandica
- Phaeoclavulina zippelii
References
[edit]- ^ Systematics of the Gomphales: The Genus Phaeoclavulina Brinkmann. Giachini, A.J., Castellano, M.A. & Cázares, É. 2019, Mycotaxon
- ^ Brinkmann W (1897) Vorarbeiten zu einer Pilzflora Westfalen. Jahresbericht des Westfälischen Provinzial-Vereins für Wissenschaft und Kunst 25: 195–207.
- ^ Giachini, Admir J; Giachini, Admir J.; Castellano, Michael A. (2011). "A new taxonomic classification for species in Gomphus sensu lato". Mycotaxon. 115 (1): 183––201. doi:10.5248/115.183.
- ^ a b Deng, Peng-Tao; Liu, Wen-Hao; Ge, Zai-Wei; Zhang, Ping (2024-08-21). "Three new ramarioid species of Phaeoclavulina (Gomphaceae, Gomphales) from China". MycoKeys (108): 1–14. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.108.128716. ISSN 1314-4049. PMC 11358615. PMID 39220354.
- ^ Deng, Peng-Tao; Huang, Zhi-Hong; He, Zheng-Mi; Zhang, Ping (2025-04-08). "Phaeoclavulina aurantilaeta (Gomphaceae, Gomphales), a new species of vivid fruiting body from China". Phytotaxa. 696 (4): 266–275. Bibcode:2025Phytx.696..266D. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.696.4.1. ISSN 1179-3163.
- ^ Zheng, De-Ge; Lu, Wen-Hua; Han, Mei-Yan; Elgorban, Abdallah M.; Yang, Jing-Ya; Zhou, Yuan-Qing; Suwannarach, Nakarin; Tibpromma, Saowaluck; Karunarathna, Samantha C. (2024-10-30). "Morphology and phylogeny reveal a new ramarioid species of Phaeoclavulina (Gomphaceae, Basidiomycota) from Yunnan Province, China". Phytotaxa. 670 (2): 109–118. Bibcode:2024Phytx.670..109Z. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.670.2.3. ISSN 1179-3163.
- ^ Liu, Wen-Hao; Yan, Jun; Deng, Peng-Tao; Qin, Wei-Qiang; Zhang, Ping (2022-09-06). "Two new species of Phaeoclavulina (Gomphaceae, Gomphales) from Hunan Province, China". Phytotaxa. 561 (1): 27–40. Bibcode:2022Phytx.561...27L. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.561.1.3. ISSN 1179-3163.
- ^ "Species Fungorum - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
External links
[edit]- "Phaeoclavulina Brinkmann". Atlas of Living Australia.
Media related to Phaeoclavulina at Wikimedia Commons
- Mushroom Observer "Clubs and Corals" by Michael Kuo
- Phaeoclavulina and Ramaria (Gomphaceae, Gomphales) from Nam Nao National Park, Thailand
- Species Fungorum - Phaeoclavulina