Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Clavariaceae
Species: Clavulinopsis laeticolor (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) R.H. Petersen
Synonyms: Clavaria laeticolor
Clavaria persimilis
Clavaria pulchra
Clavulinopsis pulchra
Common Name: Handsome Club
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
A grassland indicator species
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Clavulinopsis laeticolor

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland: semi-improved (4)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Bog (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Park lawns (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (15)
Soil Grassy (11)
Soil Mossy (3)
Sand (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (3)
October (36)
November (7)