Clavaria
Worm -shaped Keulchen ( Clavaria fragilis )
The Keulchen ( Clavaria ) is a fungal genus of the order of the mushroom -like and include species with predominantly cull, but also coral -like fruiting bodies.
The type species of the genus is the worm -shaped Keulchen ( Clavaria fragilis ).
- 4.1 Literature
- 4.2 Notes and references
Features
Macroscopic characteristics
The fruit bodies grow individually, in groups or in tufts on the ground. They are usually unbranched, branched in some species, and often fragile. The colors range from white, gray, pink, violet, yellow, ocher and brown to black.
Microscopic characteristics
The septa of the hyphae are schnallenlos, while the narrow clavate basidia basal may have a wide-open buckle. Some species have thin-walled cystidia. The spores have a narrow to broadly elliptic or subglobose to spherical shape. They are colorless, thin-walled, smooth or spiny ornamentation and filled mostly with little oil drops. The Jodfarbreaktion is negative.
Ecology
The Keulchen live saprobiontisch and colonize a wide range of habitats. They grow in forests and poor grass, but are for example also on roadsides, on heaths and in bogs. The floor can be basic to acidic. They are also to be found on different moist soils.
Species
In Europe, approximately 30 species occur or are expected there.
In Australia Clavaria amoena occurs.
This signal red Keulchen of Clavaria sulcata was photographed in New Zealand.
The salmon pink Keulchen ( Clavaria rosea) lives up to its name.
The amethyst-colored coral ( Clavaria zollingeri ) is one of the most colorful species.