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(Clavaria argillacea) Pers.: Fr. var. argillacea

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Clavaria argillacea has a clarly clavate fruitbody and grows often in small groups in wet localities.  Color yellowish to "straw", up to 80mm long.

Spores 9-13x4,5-5,5µm

Ecology/Indicatorvalue

C. agillacea can grow in different habitats from forest to coastal heaths, marshes and peat soils. It has a highly irregular fruiting from year to year like many other Clavarias. It has probably no indicator value.

Fruiting periode in Norway: From medio of July to medio November, main periode in August.

Redlistcategory:  Not listed

Other Nordic countries:

Sweden	Denmark	Finland
Not listed	Not listed	Not listed

Distributionmap

References:

Knudsen, H. & Shiryaev, AG. Kautmanova, I. 2012. Clavaria. I Knudsen,

          H. & Vesterholt, J. (red) Funga Nordica. Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid,

cyphelloid and gastroid genera. Nordsvamp – Copenhagen. s. 244

Roberts, P. 2008. Yellow Clavaria species in the British Islae. Field Mycology 9(4)

        p. 142-144