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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.
Specialized synonyms: Club Fungus
Generic synonyms: Fungus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral Fungus
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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