Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Clavariaceae
Species: Clavaria acuta Sowerby

Synonyms:

Clavaria asterospora Clavaria falcata Clavulinopsis asterospora

Common Name:

Pointed Club

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Carex (4) Corylus avellana (4) Poaceae (3) Bryopsida (2) Quercus (2) Fagus sylvatica (2) Musci (1) Pinus (1) Quercus petraea (1) Bryophyta (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (11) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (8) Acid grassland: semi-improved (5) Woodland and scrub (5) Calcareous grassland (4) Grassland and marsh (4) Built up area, domestic (3) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (3) Marsh/marshy grassland (3) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Woodland: mixed (3) Scrub (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Bog (1) Bog: raised (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Park lawns (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: coniferous (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (35) Soil Grassy (11) Soil Mossy (5) Log (1) Moss (1) Soil Leaves (1) Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: August (6) September (9) October (62) November (44)