Phaeoclavulina murrillii
| Phaeoclavulina murrillii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Gomphales |
| Family: | Gomphaceae |
| Genus: | Phaeoclavulina |
| Species: | P. murrillii
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| Binomial name | |
| Phaeoclavulina murrillii (Coker) Franchi & M.Marchetti (2018)
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Phaeoclavulina murrillii is a coral fungus that is widely distributed in the southeastern United States.[3] It has also been found as far North in the United States as Michigan, and in Spain.[4][5][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]It was first found in 1904 by William Alphonso Murrill.[3][1] Originally, it was described as Clavaria murrilli by William Chambers Coker.[1] Later it was moved to Ramaria by Edred John Henry Corner.[2]
Description
[edit]Fruit body
[edit]The fruit body may be growing singularly or in scattered groups on the ground in humus in broadleaf or mixed broadleaf and conifer forests from June through October.[3][1][2] Fruiting has additionally been reported as occurring in low nutrient areas within meadows.[6][7] The size ranges from 4–12 centimeters high that are coral-like in appearance with many branches and arising from a rounded, central stalk.[3] Much of the lower portion of the fruitbody and the stipe have white threads that stain pinkish,[3][6] and these threads can be observed on dry specimens too.[2] The branches are rounded and described as a "dull brownish pink to pale rusty brown, darkening when bruised",[3] and are fibrous-tough and twisted and divided.[3] The branch tips can be pointed or blunt, and are white at first, becoming "golden-yellow to orange"[6] and turning more brown with age.[3]
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 | Spore print is ochre |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Spore print
[edit]The spores have a "dull ochraceous tan"[3] deposit.
Microscopic features
[edit]The spores "appear brown under the microscope".[1] The spore size is comparatively more divergent than similar species[6] ranging from 6.5–9.5 × 3.5–5.5 μm,[3] and they are "elliptic to bottle-shaped"[3] or "elongate pip-shaped".[2] The basidia are clavate,[1] 5–5.5 μm wide and 4-spored.[2] The hymenium is 50–60 μm thick.[1] The hyphae are 3.5–5 μm wide and clamp-connections are present.[2]
Chemical test
[edit]Applying to the branches will cause them to stain green.[3]
Edibility
[edit]The edibility is unknown.[3] It has a nondistinctive odor, and the taste of the flesh is described as bitter.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Coker, William Chambers (1923). The clavarias of the United States and Canada. Chapel Hill, N. C.: The University of North Carolina press. p. 190. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5627.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Corner, Edred John Henry (1950). A monograph of Clavaria and allied genera. Oxford Univ. Press. p. 607. ISBN 81-211-0460-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Bessette, Alan (2007). Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States. Syracuse University Press. pp. 288–289. ISBN 978-0-8156-3112-5. JSTOR j.ctt1j5dbw2.
- ^ "Phaeoclavulina murrillii (Coker) Franchi & M.Marchetti". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Phaeoclavulina murrillii (Coker) Franchi & M.Marchetti in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset doi:10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-12-09.
- ^ a b c d Kříž, Martin; Jindřich, Oldřich; Kolařík, Miroslav (November 6, 2019). "Contribution to the knowledge of mycobiota of Central European dry grasslands: Phaeoclavulina clavarioides and Phaeoclavulina roellinii (Gomphales)". Czech Mycology. 71 (2): 137–150. doi:10.33585/cmy.71202. S2CID 210632181.
- ^ Christan, Josef (2008). Die Gattung Ramaria in Deutschland: Monografie zur Gattung Ramaria in Deutschland, mit Bestimmungsschlüssel zu den europäischen Arten. Eching: IHW Verlag. ISBN 978-3-930167-71-5. OCLC 300144514.