Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales Family: Hydnaceae
Species: Clavulina coralloides (L.) J. Schröt.
Synonyms: Clavaria coralloides
Clavaria cristata
Clavulina cristata
Clavulina cristata f. subcinerea
Clavulina cristata var. cineroides
Clavulina cristata var. coralloides
Clavulina cristata var. lappa
Clavulina cristata var. subrugosa
Cwrel Cribog
Ramaria cristata
Common Name: Crested Coral


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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (21)
Carex (8)
Corylus avellana (7)
Quercus (7)
Larix (4)
Picea (3)
Picea abies (3)
Pinus sylvestris (3)
Pinopsida (2)
Pinus (2)
Quercus petraea (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Tilia (1)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Betula (1)
Acanthaceae (1)
Abies procera (1)
Castanea sativa (1)
Pinaceae (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (21)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (16)
Woodland (12)
Woodland: mixed (9)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (5)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (3)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (2)
Woodland: coniferous (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Bog: raised (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Holcus lanatus-Juncus effusus rush-pasture (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (58)
Soil Leaves (13)
Soil Mossy (12)
Soil Grassy (8)
Soil Needle (8)
Leaf Litter (4)
Soil bare (2)
Litter (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
February (1)
March (3)
June (1)
July (3)
August (31)
September (49)
October (59)
November (10)