Australian Clavarias & allies

5 Australian Clavaria & Clavulina fungi

Clavarias are a type of coral fungi that have white spores an lack the branching structure of Ramarias.

Clavaria Amoena

Clavaria amoena grows singly or in groups as bright yellow, slender and sinuous cIubs in Australian wet eucalypt forest litter.

The clubs are 2-3 mm diameter and about 50 mm tall.

The apices of Clavaria amoena are rounded with slightly paler centres and the slimy clubs are fairly brittle with white flesh.

Clavulina Subrugosa?

This fungi is probably Clavulina sub-rugosa which is described as variable in form, size and colour. It was about 75 mm tall and grew singIy or in this larger group in the litter of Narrow peppermint bushland.

As seen in this photo, its texture is somewhat rough but quite soapy.

The apices were variable in shape from roundly tapered to knobbly.

Clavaria miniata
The Australian flame fungus

Clavaria miniata

Plenty of mid-winter rain brings out small dusters of these little warming flame fungi amongst the leaf litter of the Australian eucalypt forest floor.

3 stages of apical development for the flame fungus

As can be seen in this photo, the apices of Clavaria miniata are quite pointed before becoming move rounded and ending up as flat-topped.

Possibly Clavulina cinerea

Clavulina cinerea clump

This very dark brown-purple fungi was found growing gregariously on Australian native grass with Laccarias, a ring of unidentified agaricus and other varieties close by. the colourin the photos is more purplish than the browner colour seen by the naked eye.