Clavaria zollingeri, commonly known as the violet coral or the magenta coral, is a widely distributed species of fungus. It produces striking tubular, purple to pinkish-violet fruit bodies that grow up to 10 cm tall and 7 cm wide. The extreme tips of the fragile, slender branches are usually rounded and brownish. A typical member of the clavarioid or club fungi, Clavaria zollingeri is saprobic, and so derives nutrients by breaking down organic matter. The fruit bodies are typically found growing on the ground in woodland litter, or in grasslands. Variations in branching and color can often be used to distinguish C. zollingeri from similarly colored coral fungi such as Alloclavaria purpurea and Clavulina amethystina, although microscopy is required to reliably identify the latter species.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Clavaria zollingeri has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections203
Countries7
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Clavaria zollingeri HYNK237 genes for ITS1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS2, partial and complete sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★ITS10★ITS1
fungal barcode
07Deep time~50.7 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin50.7 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 155 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 728
Museum / vouchered427
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 432 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 926≤1 km 248≤10 km 317>10 km 47
1 538 georeferenced · 190 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 728
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 38≤1 km 29≤10 km 43>10 km 9
119 georeferenced · 308 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence427
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions28 of 55 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
TENN-Flocation not on record
44
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
26
Helsinki, FI
22
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
17
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
16
Kew, GB
12
Uppsala, SE
12
Copenhagen, DK
11
Göteborg, SE
10
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
9
LDlocation not on record
7
UFSClocation not on record
6
Brisbane, AU
5
Ann Arbor, US
5
ILLSlocation not on record
4
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
3
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
3
Chicago, US
3
WTUlocation not on record
3
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
3
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
3
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
3
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
2
Blacksburg, US
2
DPIlocation not on record
2
Joensuu, FI
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
KOMlocation not on record
2
IPA/SPlocation not on record
1
Tomioka, JP
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record
1
Osaka, JP
1
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
1
Bronx, US
1
Durham, US
1
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
1
Karlsruhe, DE
1
Philadelphia, US
1
San Sebastián, ES
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record
1
Bogotá, D.C., CO
1
Parkville, AU
1
Kensington, AU
1
Görlitz, DE
1
Odawara, JP
1
UNICAMPlocation not on record
1
Turku, FI
1
WU-MYClocation not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
1
55 institutions · 266 of 427 vouchered records shown · 159 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA203 detections
Where the DNA of Clavaria zollingeri was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found203
Studies independent surveys5
Countries7
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 203 detections have coordinates
Open the map7 countries0
Beitemark med hassel og furu, inntil traktor…
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Measured at samplingin-field
pH5.70 4.20–9.50
Conductivity39.0 µS/cm 10.0–15,300
Organic carbon1.31 % 0.05–5.78
Water content10.3 % 0.414–37.8
Nitrate-N7.00 mg/kg 0.5–105
Phosphorus14.5 mg/kg 2.00–283
Clay12.0 % 0.809–38.3
Sand71.2 % 29.0–96.2
Depth0 m 0–0.2
SoilLatLon out of rangeKandosolTenosolsSodosolFerrosolChromosols
137 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median12.6 °C 1.20–24.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter14.0 °C
Max temp (day)16.9 °C 5.60–28.9
Min temp (night)8.90 °C -2.30–18.5
Precipitation66.7 mm/mo 16.8–107
Air humidity58.3 % 51.2–64.5
Moisture balance-11.3 mm/mo -126–186
Vapour deficit584 Pa 301–1,218
Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.80–5.30
Cloud cover23.8 % 16.3–53.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 201 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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