Definition of Coral fungus

1. Noun. Any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral.

Group relationships: Clavariaceae, Family Clavariaceae
Specialized synonyms: Club Fungus
Generic synonyms: Fungus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral Fungus

coracoid processes
coracoid tuberosity
coracoidal
coracoids
coraggio
corakan
coral
coral-root bittercress
coral-wood
coral bean
coral bean tree
coral bleaching
coral bush
coral calculus
coral drops
coral fungus (current term)
coral gem
coral honeysuckle
coral necklace
coral pea
coral reef
coral reefs
coral root
coral snake
coral snakes
coral tree
coral vine
coral vines
coralbells
coralberries

Literary usage of Coral fungus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and how to Distinguish Them: A Selection by William Hamilton Gibson (1899)
"... as the entire group are doubtless edible : The true "coral fungus"—Clavaria coralloides— of our woods resembles C. formosa in general shape, ..."

2. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"But there are' also some simpler types, as the coral fungus (Cln- varia), with irregular branches (Fig. 234), and also some expanded forms. The pore fungi. ..."

3. Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and how to Distinguish Them: A Selection by William Hamilton Gibson (1895)
"... fungus"—Clavaria coralloides— of our woods resembles C.formosa in general shape, THE WHITE coral fungus but its color is white, or perhaps pale gray. ..."

4. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"C, a coral fungus, Clavaria, with hymenium confined to the tips of the branches. D, a prickly fungus, Hydnum, with the hymenium on spine-like projections. ..."

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