Macrotyphula juncea (Alb. & Schwein.) Berthier
(Slender Club)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrotyphula juncea (Slender Club)
FamilyTYPHULACEAE (a family of minute club fungi)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Macrotyphula juncea (Slender Club) :
1: Macrotyphula juncea (Slender Club)
18 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
under hawthorn, ash, spindle
Image 1: Bases of fruitbodies showing attachment to substrateImage 2: FruitbodiesImage 3: Fruitbodies on fallen twigImage 4: FruitbodyImage 5: Fruitbody (2)Image 6: Fruitbody on twig
2: Macrotyphula juncea (Slender Club) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
7 Nov 1976 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situ
3: Macrotyphula juncea (Slender Club)
13 Oct 1974 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
under conifers (mostly)
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situ

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Marriott, J. (ed) 1993 *** Keys (Newsletter of the B.M.S. Key-Group) No 9 ***(Superseded) http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/library/keys/index-phpcid951/

Macrotyphula juncea (Slender Club) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Macrotyphula juncea (Slender Club)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macrotyphula juncea (Slender Club)

A narrow cylindric fairy club growing up to 10cm tall but only 2mm diameter. It is common and gregarious in damp woodland on fallen leaves and small twigs of broadleaved trees.

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