E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Clavaria rosea Fr.
rosy club coral
Clavariaceae

Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.

Introduction to the Macrofungi

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Species Information

Summary:

Not available
Fruiting body:
2-5cm high, 0.1-0.5cm wide, cylindric, acute then fusiform and blunt, simple [unbranched] or "sometimes flattened and shortly bifurcate or dentate (as a cockscomb)"; bright rose-pink, clear pink, or reddish pink, discoloring yellowish at the top, (Corner), up to 6cm tall and 0.5cm wide, unbranched, fragile; rose-pink, (Barron), 2-5cm high, 0.1-0.5cm wide, simple, brittle; bright rose pink, (Phillips), circular in cross-section at first, then +/- flattened, tips pointed at first, then rounded or blunt, (Buczacki)
Flesh:
brittle; "paler concolorous or white and deep rose beneath the hymenium", (Corner)
Stem:
short, fairly distinct; pallid, (Corner), absent or vestigial (Buczacki)
Odor:
none or slight and not particular (Corner)
Taste:
none or slight and not particular (Corner)
Microscopic:
spores 5-8 x 2.5-3.5 microns, elliptic, smooth, blunt, slightly flattened adaxially; basidia 4-spored, 7 microns wide; hyphae 11 microns wide; clamp connections absent, (Corner), spores 5-8 x 3-4 microns (Phillips), spores 5-8 x 2.5-3.5 microns, elliptic, smooth, inamyloid; hyphal system monomitic, (Buczacki)
Spore Deposit:
white (Buczacki)

Habitat / Range

on the ground among grass and in the woods (Corner), on the ground, often beside woodland paths (Barron), single or in small groups, in woods or amongst grass, fall, (Phillips), summer to fall (Buczacki)

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Stereum radiatum Peck

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links


Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
Index Fungorium
Taxonomic reference: Syst. Myc. 1, 1821, emend. Coker, Clav. U.S. Can. 40. 1923

Additional Range and Status Information Links

Edibility

edible (Phillips(2))

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Species References

Corner(2), Coker(2), Barron(1)*, Phillips(2)*, Buczacki(1)*, Siegel(2)*, Marrone(1)*

References for the fungi

General References