Clavaria zollingeri    Lév. 

common name(s) : Violet Coral 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Clavariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae/Cantharellales/Clavariaceae  

synonyms: Clavulina amethystina, Clavaria amethystina 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Clavaria amethystea, Ramaria amethystea, Clavaria coerulescens, Clavaria lilacina, Clavaria purpurea, Clavaria schaefferi, Clavaria sublilacina)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Clavaria zollingeri toxicity of Clavaria zollingeri genus Clavaria  

The fruiting body is shaped like a branched shrub, lilac-violet.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods.

The fruiting period takes place from October to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.6 cm (between 0.4 and 0.8 cm)
  total height approximately 6 cm (between 2 and 8 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Clavaria zollingeri is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18