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]
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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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| Phaeoclavulina murrillii (Coker) Franchi & M.Marchetti (2018)
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Taxonomy
editIt 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
editFruit body
editThe 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
editThe spores have a "dull ochraceous tan"[3] deposit.
Microscopic features
editThe 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
editApplying to the branches will cause them to stain green.[3]
Edibility
editThe 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.