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Clavaria amoenoides has white to pale yellow fruitbodies that often grows in clusters. The fruitbodies are twisted and often become pointed and brown in the top when old.

The spores are ellipsoid to bean-shaped with a size of 6-9 x 3-4µm.

Ecology/Indicatorvalue

It grows in unfertilized grasslands often together with other rare and redlisted species. It is not particularly common and is only found a few places in SW-Norway.

Fructification in Norway : Fra midten av juli til begynnelsen av november med tyngdepunkt i august - sepember.

Redlistcategory: VU – vulnerable

Other Nordic countries:

Sweden	Denmark	Finland
VU – vulnerable	EN – endangered	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