Clavulinopsis laeticolor

Clavulinopsis laeticolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Clavariaceae
Genus: Clavulinopsis
Species: C. laeticolor
Binomial name
Clavulinopsis laeticolor
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) R.H.Petersen (1965)
Synonyms
  • Clavaria laeticolor Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1868)
  • Ramariopsis laeticolor (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) R.H.Petersen (1978)

Clavulinopsis laeticolor is a coral mushroom in the family Clavariaceae. It has fruit bodies with slender, bright orange to yellow arms up to 5 cm (2 in) tall and 3 mm wide. It fruits singly or in loose groups on the ground,[1] often among mosses. A widely distributed species, it is found in Asia, Europe, North America,[2] and New Zealand.[3]

References

  1. Davis RM, Sommer R, Menge JA. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-520-27108-1.
  2. Ammirati J, Trudell S. (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 239–40. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  3. Petersen RH. (1988). The Clavarioid Fungi of New Zealand. DSIR bulletin. Lubrecht & Cramer. p. 128. ISBN 978-0477025140.

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