Clavulina vinaceocervina

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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* (Cleland)^[1]Corner^[2]
Synonyms
Clavaria vinaceocervina Cleland

Clavulina vinaceocervina, the dark-tipped coral, is a species of coral fungus belonging to the genus Clavulina.^[3]

Taxonomy

The 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

Clavulina 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, thornlike, 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

Clavulina vinaceocervina can be found on the ground under trees in Southern Australia.^[2]

References

^ 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.

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