Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Clavariaceae
Species: Clavulinopsis helvola (Pers.) Corner
Synonyms: Clavaria dissipabilis
Clavaria helvola
Clavaria inaequalis
Common Name: Yellow Club
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Clavulinopsis helvolaPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (4)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Beech (1)
Poa (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (21)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (20)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (15)
Small parks and city squares (12)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (9)
Built up area, domestic (6)
Grassland: acidic, upland (4)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (3)
Neutral grassland (3)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (3)
Woodland (3)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Acid grassland: unimproved (2)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (2)
Coastland: grey dunes (2)
Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (2)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (2)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2)
Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (2)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Bog (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1)
Mire: blanket bog (1)
Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (1)
Sand-dune: open dune (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (90)
Soil (51)
Soil Mossy (8)
Moss (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
August (2)
September (10)
October (133)
November (53)
December (2)