Clavulinopsis fusiformis | |
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Clavulinopsis fusiformis in grassland, Shetland | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Clavariaceae |
Genus: | Clavulinopsis |
Species: | C. fusiformis
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Binomial name | |
Clavulinopsis fusiformis | |
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Clavulinopsis fusiformis is a clavarioid fungus in the family Clavariaceae. In the UK, it has been given the recommended English name of golden spindles. In North America it has also been called spindle-shaped yellow coral[1] or golden fairy spindle.[2] Clavulinopsis fusiformis forms cylindrical, bright yellow fruit bodies that grow in dense clusters on the ground in agriculturally unimproved grassland or in woodland litter. It was originally described from England and is part of a species complex as yet unresolved.[3]