Alloclavaria purpurea (Fr.) Dentinger & D.J. McLaughlin
purple club coral
Uncertain
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
purple club coral
Uncertain
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Species Information
Odor:
none, or slightly fishy or nauseous, (Corner), not distinctive (Phillips), unpleasant or indistinct (Lincoff)
Taste:
none, or slightly fishy or nauseous, (Corner)
Microscopic:
spores 5.5-9 x 3-5 microns, elliptic to oblong, smooth, (Phillips), spores 5.5-9 x 3-5 microns, sometimes also with giant spores 8.5-13(15.5) x 3.5-5 microns, elliptic to oblong, smooth, thin-walled, granular guttulate; basidia 4-spored, 70-75 x 6-8 microns; cystidia abundant, 45-130 x 5-9 microns, cylindric or narrowing slightly downward, obtuse, colorless, thin-walled, with granular contents; hyphae 3-15 microns wide, cells 50-95 microns long, without clamp connections (Coker for C. nebulosa) or with very few clamps (according to Coker but ? what is meant), (Corner), spores 5.5-9 x 3-5 microns, elliptic to oblong, smooth, (Arora)
Spore Deposit:
white (Phillips, Arora)
EDIBILITY
yes (Phillips, Arora)
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
See also SIMILAR section of Clavaria nebulosoides.Habitat
generally cespitose, up to 20 in a tuft, sometimes gregarious or single, among grass or on bare soil, generally under conifers, (Corner), in groups or clusters on wet soil near conifers in mountainous areas (Phillips), scattered to densely gregarious (often in tufts or clusters) on ground in wet areas, usually under or near conifers, (Arora), spring, summer, and early fall, (Miller)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Clavina purpurea
Tympanis abietina J.W. Groves
Tympanis juniperina (Sacc.) Sacc.