''Multiclavula'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
basidiolichen
Basidiolichens are lichenized members of the Basidiomycota, a much smaller group of lichens than the far more common ascolichens in the Ascomycota. In arctic, alpine, and temperate forests, the most common basidiolichens are in the agaric genus ...
s in the family
Hydnaceae
The Hydnaceae are a family of fungi in the order Cantharellales. Originally the family encompassed all species of fungi that produced basidiocarps (fruit bodies) having a hymenium (spore-bearing surface) consisting of slender, downward-hanging ta ...
. The widespread genus contains 14 species.
[Reschke, K., Lotz-Winter, H., Fischer, C.W., Hofmann, T.A., Piepenbring, M., 2021. New and interesting species of Agaricomycetes from Panama. Phytotaxa 529, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.529.1.1
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Species
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Multiclavula caput-serpentis
''Multiclavula caput-serpentis'' is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling) basidiolichen in the family Hydnaceae. Found in Panama, it was formally described as a new species in 2021 by Hermine Lotz-Winter and Kai Reschke. The type specim ...
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Multiclavula clara''
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Multiclavula constans''
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Multiclavula coronilla''
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Multiclavula corynoides''
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Multiclavula delicata''
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Multiclavula hastula''
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Multiclavula ichthyiformis
''Multiclavula ichthyiformis'' is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling) basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Costa Rica, it was formally described as a new species in 2007 by Matthew Nelsen, Robert Lücking, Loengrin Umaña ...
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– Costa Rica
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Multiclavula mucida
''Multiclavula'' is a genus of basidiolichens in the family Hydnaceae. The widespread genus contains 14 species.Reschke, K., Lotz-Winter, H., Fischer, C.W., Hofmann, T.A., Piepenbring, M., 2021. New and interesting species of Agaricomycetes fr ...
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Multiclavula petricola
''Multiclavula petricola'' is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Japan, it was formally described as a new species in 2020 by Hiroshi Masumoto and Yousuke Degawa. The type specimen was ...
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– Japan
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Multiclavula pogonati''
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Multiclavula samuelsii
''Multiclavula'' is a genus of basidiolichens in the family Hydnaceae. The widespread genus contains 14 species.Reschke, K., Lotz-Winter, H., Fischer, C.W., Hofmann, T.A., Piepenbring, M., 2021. New and interesting species of Agaricomycetes from ...
'' – New Zealand
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Multiclavula sharpii
''Multiclavula'' is a genus of basidiolichens in the family Hydnaceae. The widespread genus contains 14 species.Reschke, K., Lotz-Winter, H., Fischer, C.W., Hofmann, T.A., Piepenbring, M., 2021. New and interesting species of Agaricomycetes from ...
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Multiclavula vernalis''
Several species once classified in ''Multiclavula'' have since been transferred to other genera. These include:
*''Multiclavula afflata'' = ''
Lentaria afflata
''Lentaria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Lentariaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 17 species. It was circumscribed by British mycologist Edred John Henry Corner in 1950.
Many members are important decomposers ...
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*''Multiclavula akagerae'' = ''
Ertzia akagerae''
*''Multiclavula calocera'' = ''
Lepidostroma calocerum''
*''Multiclavula fossicola'' = ''
Sulzbacheromyces fossicolus
''Sulzbacheromyces'' is a genus of basidiolichens in the family Lepidostromataceae (the only family within the fungal order Lepidostromatales). The genus is distinguished from the other genera of Lepidostromataceae (''Ertzia'' and ''Lepidostroma ...
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*''Multiclavula rugaramae'' = ''
Lepidostroma rugaramae''
*''Multiclavula sinensis'' = ''
Sulzbacheromyces sinensis
''Sulzbacheromyces'' is a genus of basidiolichens in the family Lepidostromataceae (the only family within the fungal order Lepidostromatales). The genus is distinguished from the other genera of Lepidostromataceae (''Ertzia'' and ''Lepidostroma ...
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References
Hydnaceae
Lichen genera
Agaricomycetes genera
Taxa named by Ron Petersen
Basidiolichens
Taxa described in 1967
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