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Clavariadelphus pistillaris (L.) Donk, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 9: 72 (1933)

Clavaria pistillaris L., Sp. pl. 2: 1182 (1753)
Clavaria herculeana Lightf., Fl. Scot. 2: 1056 (1777)

Habitat: On calcareous soil, in woodland, usually associated with Fagus.

Notes: Occasional to rare, and possibly declining. Widely scattered throughout mainland Britain, and a single record from Northern Ireland.

Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !, NI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 80276; Scotland: K(M) 80278; Wales: K(M) 141347

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 256-257
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 350, pl. 453
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 268
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.3 3: 84 pp. [pl. 241-400] (1800), as Clavaria herculanea, pl. 277
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 2 2: 620 pp. (2000), p. 38
D:, in Corner. E.J.H., A Monograph of Clavaria and Allied Genera 1: 740 pp. (1950), p. 279

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