Clavulina vinaceocervina, the dark-tipped coral, is a species of coral fungus belonging to the genus Clavulina.[3]
| Clavulina vinaceocervina | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Cantharellales |
| Family: | Hydnaceae |
| Genus: | Clavulina |
| Species: | C. vinaceocervina
|
| Binomial name | |
| Clavulina vinaceocervina | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Clavaria vinaceocervina Cleland | |
Taxonomy
editThe species name vinaceocervina is a combination of "vinaceo", from the Latin word which means wine-coloured[4] and "cervina" from the Latin word which means of or pertaining to a deer.[5] It was originally described and classified as Clavaria vinaceo-cervina by Australian mycologist John Burton Cleland in 1931 and was reclassified as a species of Clavulina in 1950 by E. J. H. Corner.[2]
Clavulina vinaceocervina contains the following varieties:
Description
editClavulina vinaceocervina is around 5 centimetres (2.0 in) high, with a short trunk with irregular branches that have prong-like divisions divided into a number of small branchlets.[2] The branchlets are short, prong-like, and blunt, sometimes acute, thorn-like, or digitate. The branches can be irregularly flattened and rugose. They are often slender but can be stouter and knobby. The colour can be reddish-brown to fawn, with a reddish-pink colour at the tips. The spores are smooth and roundish (subglobose). They measure 7.5–10 × 6.5–8.8 μm.[2]
Clavulina vinaceocervina can be mistaken for the species Ramariopsis ramarioides.[6]
Habitat
editClavulina vinaceocervina can be found on the ground under trees in Southern Australia.[2]
References
edit- ^ Cleland, John Burton (1931). "Australian Fungi, Notes and Descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 55. Royal Society of South Australia: 158–159. ISSN 0372-0888.
- ^ a b c d e Corner, E. J. H. (1950). A monograph of clavaria and allied genera. London, Oxford University press.
- ^ "Clavulina vinaceocervina (Cleland) Corner 1950 - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Ramariopsis ramarioides". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-05-25.