LICHALP

Multiclavula corynoides (Peck) R.H. Petersen

Syn.: Clavaria corynoides Peck, Clavaria mucida Pers. var. rosea Sacc.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a terricolous species with yellowish, straw-coloured to pinkish carpophores which are often subspathulate or laterally compressed toward the apex, and 4-6-sterigmate basidia; widespread in the Holarctic region, but most common in the boreal zone; in the Alps at higher elevations, with a still insufficiently known distribution.