Alloclavaria purpurea
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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| Species: | A. purpurea |
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| Alloclavaria purpurea (Fr.) Dentinger & D.J.McLaughlin (2007) | |
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Alloclavaria purpurea | |
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 | smooth hymenium |
 | no distinct cap |
 | hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable |
 | stipe is bare |
 | spore print is white |
 | edibility: edible |
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] The spore print is white. It is reportedly edible[3] but insubstantial.[4] Fruit bodies are found in spruce-fir forests.[5]
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Phillips, Roger (2005). Mushrooms & other fungi of North America. Buffalo: Firefly Books. ISBN 978-1-55407-115-9. OCLC 60318881.
- 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.
- "www.for.gov.bc.ca" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-11-10.
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