Clavaria Vaill. ex L.
(a genus of fairy clubs)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Clavaria acuta Pointed Club					Species		19 images
Clavaria amoenoides a fairy club					Species			1 ident. refs
Clavaria argillacea Moor Club					Species		6 images	2 ident. refs
Clavaria atrofusca a fairy club					Species			1 ident. refs
Clavaria atroumbrina a fairy club					Species		3 images	1 ident. refs
Clavaria corbierei a fairy club					Species			1 ident. refs
Clavaria crosslandii a fairy club					Species			1 ident. refs
Clavaria flavipes Straw Club					Species		1 images	2 ident. refs
Clavaria fragilis White Spindles					Species		15 images
Clavaria fumosa Smoky Spindles					Species		11 images
Clavaria greletii Dark Club					Species		13 images	2 ident. refs
Clavaria incarnata Skinny Club					Species		5 images
Clavaria lithocras a fairy club					Species			1 ident. refs
Clavaria rosea Rose Spindles					Species			1 ident. refs
Clavaria tenuipes a fairy club					Species		16 images	1 ident. refs
Clavaria zollingeri Violet Club, Violet Coral					Species		7 images	4 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Clavaria (a genus of fairy clubs)
Family	CLAVARIACEAE (fairy clubs)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Clavaria is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Marriott, J. (ed)	1990	* Keys (Newsletter of the B.M.S. Key-Group) No 4 *(Superseded)	http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/library/keys/index-phpcid951/

Clavaria (a genus of fairy clubs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CLAVARIACEAE
(fairy clubs)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clavaria (a genus of fairy clubs)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 25 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clavaria (a genus of fairy clubs)

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