''Alloclavaria purpurea'' is a
coral fungus
The clavarioid fungi are a group of fungi in the ''Basidiomycota'' typically having erect, simple or branched basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the ground, on decaying vegetation, or on dead wood. They are colloquially called club fun ...
commonly known as the purple coral, or the purple fairy club. Formerly known as ''Clavaria purpurea'', it has been moved to its own
genus
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as a result of
phylogenetic
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analysis.
Description
The fruiting body of ''Alloclavaria purpurea'' is made of numerous slender cylindrical spindles that may grow to a height of , with individual spindles being 2–6 millimeters thick. The color is purple or lavender, although the color fades to tan in older specimens.
The
spore print
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is white. It is reportedly edible
but insubstantial.
Fruit bodies are found in
spruce-fir forests
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfamil ...
.
References
External links
Index FungorumRoger's Mushrooms
Description
Edible fungi
Fungi described in 1821
Repetobasidiaceae
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
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