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Alloclavaria purpureaPhoto: Jioi KovaeBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Simple purplish, fusiform fruit bodies, in mossy places in calcareous forests or in grassland; fasciculate and often clustered in large numbers.Dimensions: 4-12cm tall x 0.2-0.7cm dia. Fruit Body: Purple or purplish-lilac, sometimes discoloured greyish-purple or pallid brown with purplish tinge; rounded or somewhat compressed with fusiform tip and without distinct stem; flesh concolorous, hollow, fragile. |
Spores: Hyaline, smooth, oblong ellipsoid, non-amyloid, 7- 9 x 3-4 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cystidia cylindrical or attenuated at the base. Odour: Not distinctive. Taste: Not distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Autumn. Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records questionable data |
Total records: 17 |
| Earliest recording: 1873 | |
| Latest recording: 2000 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 32(1); 34(2); 36(2); 54(1); 60(5); 64(2); 70(1); 76(2); 103(1) | |
| Pre-1960: 5 records | |
| Post-1960: 12 records |
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