''Clavulina mussooriensis'' is a species of

coral fungus The clavarioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having erect, simple or branched basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the ground, on decaying vegetation, or on dead wood. They are colloquially called club fungi a ...

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 ...

Fruit bodies The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life cyc ...

, which measure up to , grow either solitarily, in groups, or in clusters in soil. The

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

was collected in a

cedar Cedar may refer to: Trees and plants *''Cedrus'', common English name cedar, an Old-World genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae * Cedar (plant), a list of trees and plants known as cedar Places United States * Cedar, Arizona ...

forest in India. The species resembles ''

Clavulina cinerea ''Clavulina cinerea'', commonly known as the gray coral or ashy coral mushroom, is a species of coral fungus in the family Clavulinaceae The Clavulinaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Cantharellales. Th ...

'', but differs in its brown color and emergent

hypha A hypha (; ) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium. Structure A hypha consists of one o ...

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5129682 Fungi described in 1958 Fungi of Asia mussooriensis Fungus species