Clavaria zollingeri Lév.
(Violet Club, Violet Coral)

Interactions where Clavaria zollingeri is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Clavaria zollingeri/Clavaria zollingeriviolet club, violet coralfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Clavariaceae/Clavaria zollingeri/Clavaria zollingeriviolet club, violet coralfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous trees

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Clavaria zollingeri (Violet Club, Violet Coral) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Clavaria zollingeri (Violet Club, Violet Coral) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClavaria zollingeri (Violet Club, Violet Coral)
GenusClavaria (a genus of fairy clubs)
FamilyCLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clavaria zollingeri (Violet Club, Violet Coral)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 1998 Vol 12 Part 2 - Rear cover Mycologist Vol 12 (2): rear cover.
Corner, E.J.H. 1967 Notes on Clavaria TBMS Vol 50 (1): 33-44.
Griffith, G.W. Bratton, J.H. & Easton, G. 2004 Charismatic megafungi: the conservation of waxcap grasslands British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 1: 31-43.
Mike Morfett 2005 Clavaria zollingeri Vol 6 (1) Page: Back cover

Clavaria zollingeri (Violet Club, Violet Coral) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Clavaria zollingeri (Violet Club, Violet Coral):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 7 images of Clavaria zollingeri (Violet Club, Violet Coral)

Vulnerable

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