Mucronella pendula (Massee) R.H.Petersen is a fungus in the Clavariaceae family, order Agaricales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Mucronella pendula (Massee) R.H.Petersen

Mucronella pendula (Massee) R.H.Petersen

Mucronella pendula is a Clavariaceae fungus species first described 1901 and reclassified to its current genus in 1980.

Family
Genus
Mucronella
Order
Agaricales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Mucronella pendula (Massee) R.H.Petersen

Mucronella pendula (Massee) R.H.Petersen is a fungus species that belongs to the Clavariaceae family. It was first formally described in 1901 by George Edward Massee under the name Myxomycidium pendulum. The holotype specimen of this species was collected in Tasmania. American mycologist Ron H. Petersen reclassified the species, moving it to the genus Mucronella in 1980.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Agaricales Clavariaceae Mucronella

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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