25 genera
60 species
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– purple club coral, purple coral
– powdery piggyback, powder-cap, star-bearing powdercap
– small staghorn
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Occurs on conifer wood
– pointed club
Habitat: Clavaria acuta usually occurs on bare soil in somewhat disturbed areas.
– strap coral, strap-shaped coral
– strap-shaped pestle
Distribution: Widespread in western and northern North America.
Habitat: Often these species can be found in large troops under conifers.
– flat-top coral, flat-topped coral, truncate club coral
Distribution: Broad throughout the Northern Hemisphere
Habitat: Occurs with conifers
– handsome club, golden fairy-club
Distribution: A widespread species, occurring across North America and in Europe and parts of Asia.
– common Cudonia
Distribution: Widespread in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Distribution: It is widespread, but not particularly common.
Substrate: C. clavus occurs in spring and early summer on very wet plant debris, such as cones and twigs, often at least partly submerged in running water.
– headlike Cordyceps, truffle-eater
– goldenthread Cordyceps, snaketongue truffleclub
– miniature earth-tongue, fir-needle Mitrula
Distribution: Uncommon
Habitat: Occurs in scattered groups on conifer needles.
– slippery cap, jelly-babies, common jelly-baby, ochre jelly-club, jellybaby, slippery Leotia
– swamp beacon, matchstick fungus
Habitat: Occurs on very wet plant litter or even on litter submerged in cold, shallow, running water.
– dog stinkhorn, dog's stinkhorn
Substrate: The two most common species are O. corvina, which occurs on owl pellets, bird carcasses, hair, and wool, and O. equina (Willdenow) Persoon: Fries, found on the decaying horns and hooves of cattle and sheep.
– mountain-loving Cudonia
– yellow earthtongue, fairy fan, spatula fungus
Distribution: As far as we are aware, S. humphreyi has been reported only from the west side of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington and the Queen Charlotte Islands in B.C. It probably also occurs in southeast Alaska and coastal Oregon and northern California; whether it occurs farther inland is less certain.
– Round-headed truffle-club
Distribution: North America
Habitat: Coniferous forests.
Substrate: Soil (underground truffles)
– hairy earth-tongue, shaggy earth-tongue, velvety earth-tongue, velvety-black earth-tongue
– redleg club
Origin: Native
– water club, aquatic earth-tongue
Habitat: Can be found on rotting pieces of wood that are very wet or submerged in cold water.
– carbon-antlers, candlesnuff fungus, stag's-horn
Habitat: Occurs on rotting wood.