Clavariadelphus

Clavariadelphus is a genus of club fungi in the family Clavariadelphaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution in temperate areas, and contains an estimated 19 species.^[1] The name might mean uterus-shaped club, from the Latin clava meaning club and the Greek delphus meaning uterus.

Clavariadelphus
Clavariadelphus pistillaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Gomphales
Family:	Clavariadelphaceae
Genus:	Clavariadelphus Donk (1933)
Type species
Clavariadelphus pistillaris (L.) Donk (1933)
Species
19 species

Species

• Clavariadelphus americanus (Corner) Methven (1989)
• Clavariadelphus caespitosus Methven (1989)
• Clavariadelphus cokeri V.L.Wells & Kempton (1968)
• Clavariadelphus fasciculatus Methven & Guzmán (1989)
• Clavariadelphus flavidus Methven (1989)
• Clavariadelphus flavoimmaturus R.H.Petersen (1974)
• Clavariadelphus helveticus Rahm & Schild (1974)
• Clavariadelphus himalayensis Methven (1989)
• Clavariadelphus lignicola R.H.Petersen (1974)
• Clavariadelphus ligula (Schaeff.) Donk (1933)
• Clavariadelphus mirus (Pat.) Corner (1950)
• Clavariadelphus mucronatus V.L.Wells & Kempton (1968)
• Clavariadelphus occidentalis Methven (1989)
• Clavariadelphus pakistanicus Hanif & Khalid (2014)
• Clavariadelphus pallidoincarnatus Methven (1989)
• Clavariadelphus pistillaris (L.) Donk (1933)
• Clavariadelphus sachalinensis (S.Imai) Corner (1950)
• Clavariadelphus subfastigiatus V.L.Wells & Kempton (1968)
• Clavariadelphus truncatus Donk (1933)
• Clavariadelphus unicolor (Berk. & Ravenel) Corner (1950)
• Clavariadelphus xanthocephalus Rahm & Schild (1977)
• Clavariadelphus yunnanensis Methven (1989)

References

1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

External links

• "Clavariadelphus Donk". Atlas of Living Australia.