Clavulina leveillei var. atricha
Corner 1950
Description:
Fruitbodies: Coralloid, 20-70 mm tall, sparsely to moderately branched, forming loose, open clusters. Branches slender, subcylindrical to slightly flattened, often irregularly arranged and widely spaced. Overall colour white, cream, or pale buff, sometimes with faint greyish or pinkish tints. Texture brittle, snapping cleanly.
Apex: Rounded or bluntly forked; tips usually paler than the branches, often almost white.
Colour: White, cream, pale buff, or grey‑cream; drying paler or slightly yellowish.
Surface: Smooth to faintly pruinose; older branches may show slight wrinkling or shallow folds.
Base: Short, compact, whitish; not distinctly stalked.
Size: Clusters 20-70 mm tall and 10-40 mm wide.
Growth habit: Solitary or in small scattered groups; often forming loose tufts rather than dense corals.

Common name: None.
Habitat: Moist, shaded forest; among leaf litter, humus, or moss.
Substrate: Soil or humus; occasionally on well‑rotted wood.
Distribution: Described from Asia; similar pale Clavulina reported from Australia and New Zealand, though NZ material is poorly documented and may represent related but undescribed taxa.
Season: Autumn.
Biostatus: Uncertain in New Zealand (possibly exotic or misapplied; local pale forms may represent different species).
Edible: Unknown; not recomended.
Spore print: White.
Macro images:
Clavulina leveillei var. atricha
Scale bar
Scale= 7.5 mm.
 
Clavulina leveillei var. atricha
Scale bar
Scale= 7.5 mm.
 
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