''Clavulicium'' is a
genus
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of
corticioid fungi in the family
Stereopsidaceae. It was formerly placed in the family
Clavulinaceae
The Clavulinaceae are a family of fungi in the order Cantharellales. The family is not well defined, but currently comprises species of clavarioid (club and coral) fungi as well as some corticioid (crust- and patch-forming) fungi. These specie ...
in the order
Cantharellales
The Cantharellales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order includes not only the chanterelles (Cantharellaceae), but also some of the tooth fungi (Hydnaceae), clavarioid fungi ( Aphelariaceae and Clavulinaceae), and cortici ...
but was found to belong in a new order along with ''
Stereopsis'' in 2014.
The widespread genus was circumscribed by the French mycologist
Jacques Boidin
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
in 1957.
The
spore
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s and the
basidia of species in the genus are similar to those in ''
Clavulina'' but also similar to those in ''Stereopsis''.
''
Clavulicium globosum'' is now a species of ''Stereopsis''.
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Clavulinaceae
Agaricomycetes genera
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