''Clavicorona'' is a fungal

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in the

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Auriscalpiaceae The Auriscalpiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales. Like much of the Russulales, it has been defined through molecular phylogeny Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular di ...

. The genus was first described by

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in 1947, who included the species ''C. pyxidata'', ''C. cristata'', ''C. taxophila'', and ''C. candelabrum''. E.J.H.Corner added another five species in 1950: ''C. candelabrum'', ''C. colensoi'', ''C. javanica'', ''C. mairei'', and ''C. tuba''. He included ''C. dichotoma'' in 1970. In his 1972 revision of the genus, James Dodd listed 11 species, but most of these have since been transferred to other genera, particularly ''

Artomyces ''Artomyces'' is a genus of coral fungi in the family Auriscalpiaceae. It was circumscribed by Walter Jülich in 1982, who set '' Artomyces pyxidatus'' (formerly ''Clavaria pyxidata'' Pers. 1794) as the type species. Species *'' Artomyces adri ...

''. According to the nomenclatural database

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, the genus is

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, as the sole remaining valid species is the type, ''Clavicorona taxophila''.

References

Monotypic Russulales genera Russulales {{Russulales-stub