Alloclavaria purpurea

*Alloclavaria purpurea*
Mycological characteristics
Alloclavaria purpurea Mycological characteristics
	smooth hymenium
	no distinct cap
	hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	stipe is bare
	spore print is white
	edibility: edible

Alloclavaria purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hymenochaetales
Family:	Repetobasidiaceae
Genus:	Alloclavaria
Species:	A. purpurea
Binomial name
	Alloclavaria purpurea; (Fr.) Dentinger & D.J.McLaughlin (2007)
Synonyms
	Clavaria purpurea Fr. (1821);

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]

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.

External links[]

Index Fungorum
Roger's Mushrooms Description

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[pmid17256578-1] 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.

[2] 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.

[isbn1-55407-115-1-3] Phillips, Roger (2005). Mushrooms & other fungi of North America. Buffalo: Firefly Books. ISBN 978-1-55407-115-9. OCLC 60318881.

[Miller_2006-4] 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.

[urlwww.for.gov.bc.ca-5] "www.for.gov.bc.ca" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-11-10.

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Alloclavaria purpurea Mycological characteristics
	smooth hymenium
	no distinct cap
	hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	stipe is bare
	spore print is white
	edibility: edible