Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Clavariaceae
Species: Clavulinopsis corniculata (Schaeff.) Corner
Synonyms: Clavaria corniculata
Clavaria corniculata var. pratensis
Clavaria fastigiata
Clavaria muscoides
Clavulinopsis corniculata forma bispora
Clavulinopsis corniculata var. pratensis
Ramaria corniculata
Ramaria pratensis
Common Name: Meadow Coral


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Clavulinopsis corniculataPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (5)
Carex (4)
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Corylus avellana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (17)
Grassland and marsh (11)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (9)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (8)
Calcareous grassland (7)
Acid grassland (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (4)
Woodland (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (3)
Acid grassland: unimproved (2)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (2)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (2)
Park lawns (2)
Scrub (2)
Small parks and city squares (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Coastland: grey dunes (1)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1)
Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Sesleria albicans-Galium sterneri grassland (1)
Wet heath/acid grassland (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (61)
Soil Grassy (53)
Soil Mossy (3)
Leaf Litter (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
March (2)
August (5)
September (19)
October (110)
November (93)
December (5)