''Multiclavula vernalis'' or the orange club-mushroom lichen is a species of clavarioid fungus in the

Clavulinaceae The Clavulinaceae are a family of fungi in the order Cantharellales. The family is not well defined, but currently comprises species of clavarioid (club and coral) fungi as well as some corticioid (crust- and patch-forming) fungi. These spec ...

(club-mushroom lichen) family. It was originally named as a species of ''

Clavaria ''Clavaria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Clavariaceae. Species of ''Clavaria'' produce basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are either cylindrical to club-shaped or branched and coral-like. They are often grouped with similar-looking species f ...

'' in 1822 by

Lewis David de Schweinitz Lewis David de Schweinitz (13 February 1780 – 8 February 1834) was a German-American botanist and mycologist. He is considered by some the "Father of North American Mycology", but also made significant contributions to botany. Education B ...

Ronald H. Petersen Ronald H. Petersen, more commonly known as Ron Petersen, born in 1934, is a mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, the ...

transferred it to ''

Multiclavula ''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 ...

'' in 1967.

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* Clavulinaceae Fungi described in 1822 Fungi of Europe Fungi of North America Taxa named by Ron Petersen Taxa named by Lewis David de Schweinitz Basidiolichens {{Agaricomycetes-stub