Clavaria atrofusca Velen.
(a fairy club)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Clavaria atrofusca (a fairy club)
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 atrofusca 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
	Corner, E.J.H.	1967	Notes on Clavaria	TBMS Vol 50 (1): 33-44.

Clavaria atrofusca (a fairy club) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Clavaria
(a genus of fairy clubs)

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 (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clavaria atrofusca (a fairy club)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clavaria atrofusca (a fairy club)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Clavaria atrofusca is also a member of:

Identification Works

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