''Clavulina alutaceosiccescens'' is a species of

fungus A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...

in the family

Clavulinaceae The Clavulinaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Cantharellales. The family is not well defined, but currently comprises species of clavarioid fungi, clavarioid (club and coral) fungi as well as some cortici ...

. It occurs in

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. The fruit bodies resemble whitish clubs with one or two simple branches, and measure up to 28 mm tall by 2 mm wide. The roughly spherical to broadly egg-shaped

spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual reproduction, sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for biological dispersal, dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores fo ...

s are 8.3–9.4 by 6.8–8.3

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References

Fungi described in 1988 Fungi of New Zealand alutaceosiccescens Taxa named by Ron Petersen Fungus species {{fungus-stub