About Clavulinopsis amoena (Zoll. & Moritzi) Corner
Clavulinopsis amoena produces cylindrical fruit bodies that reach up to 50 mm in height and 2 mm in width, with a bright apricot yellow to cadmium yellow color. Each fruit body grows from a similarly colored, cylindrical stipe that measures up to 15 mm long by 1.5 mm thick. When examined microscopically, its basidiospores are smooth, hyaline, ellipsoid, and measure 6 to 7 μm long by 4 to 4.5 μm wide. Due to widespread confusion over correct identification of this species, its overall distribution remains unclear. It was first formally described from specimens collected in Indonesia, and has also been reported from Australia and New Zealand. Petersen noted that the taxon appears to be distributed across the Southern Hemisphere, at least in temperate regions. Existing records of C. amoena from Brazil actually refer to a different species with globose spores, and this is also true for at least some records of the species from other parts of the Americas. This fungus typically grows in small clusters on the ground in broadleaf woodland.
