Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Clavariaceae
Species: Clavaria zollingeri s. lat. Lév.

Synonyms:

Clavaria amethystina Clavaria zollingeri corail bàn-dhearg corailean bàn-dhearg Cwrel Fioled Violaceous Fairy Club

Common Name:

Violet Coral

NI Biodiversity Action Plan: Northern Ireland Priority Species Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

All European records of Clavaria zollingeri are now either C. amethystina or C. olivaceopulchra. Spores must be measured to distinguish between them. zollingeri is now Clavulinopsis zollingeri and only known from Indonesia.

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Photographer: © Roy Anderson

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Escallonia macrantha (1) Poaceae (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (2) Acid grassland (1) Calcareous grassland (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Woodland: coniferous (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (4) Soil Grassy (3)

Months recorded in & number of records: September (5) October (7) November (4)