Alloclavaria purpurea

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Alloclavaria purpurea
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Repetobasidiaceae
Genus: Alloclavaria
Species:
A. purpurea
Binomial name
Alloclavaria purpurea
(Fr.) Dentinger & D.J.McLaughlin (2007)
Synonyms
  • Clavaria purpureaFr. (1821)
Alloclavaria purpurea
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Smooth icon.pngSmooth hymenium
No cap icon.svgNo distinct cap
NA cap icon.svg Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Bare stipe icon.svg Stipe is bare
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 Spore print is white
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Edible.pngEdibility is edible

Alloclavaria purpurea is a coral fungus commonly known as the purple coral, or the purple fairy club. Formerly known as Clavaria purpurea, it has been moved to its own genus as a result of phylogenetic analysis. [1]

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Description

The fruiting body of Alloclavaria purpurea is made of numerous slender cylindrical spindles that may grow to a height of 12 centimetres (4+3⁄4 in), with individual spindles being 2–6 millimeters thick. The color is purple or lavender, although the color fades to tan in older specimens. [2] A white mycelium is present at the base. [3] The spore print is white. [3]

Similar species include Clavaria fumosa and C. zollingeri. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Fruit bodies are found in spruce-fir forests. [4] It can be found from October to December on the West Coast of North America, and July–October further inland. [3]

Uses

It is reportedly edible [5] but insubstantial. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Dentinger BT, McLaughlin DJ. (2006). "Reconstructing the Clavariaceae using nuclear large subunit rDNA sequences and a new genus segregated from Clavaria". Mycologia . 98 (5): 746–62. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.5.746. PMID   17256578.
  2. ↑ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 238. ISBN   978-0-88192-935-5.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 131. ISBN   978-0-593-31998-7.
  4. ↑ "www.for.gov.bc.ca" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  5. ↑ Phillips, Roger (2005). Mushrooms & other fungi of North America. Buffalo: Firefly Books. ISBN   978-1-55407-115-9. OCLC   60318881.
  6. ↑ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 341. ISBN   978-0-7627-3109-1.


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