Fungalpedia – Note 2394, Clavulinaceae
Clavulinaceae Donk
Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota.
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Classification: Cantharellales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi
Clavulinaceae includes the genera Clavulina, Membranomyces, and Multiclavula. The first two genera are ectomycorrhizal lineages and the third one is lichenized. Clavulina is characterized by its clavarioid basidiomes, but several new species have been recognized with efuse-coralloid, cerebriform and cantharelloid basidiomes; Membranomyces has resupinate basidiomes that grow directly on soil; Multiclavula has clavate basidiomes and establishes mutualistic associations with green algae forming lichens. These taxa have a monomitic hyphal system, with cylindrical to sub-clavate basidia commonly with two incurved sterigmata; and small and smooth globose to subglobose basidiospores.
Type genus: Clavulina J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.1(25–32): 442 (1888) [1889].
Entry by
Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
Published online 5 May 2026