Alloclavaria purpurea

Alloclavaria purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hymenochaetales
Family:	Repetobasidiaceae
Genus:	Alloclavaria
Species:	A. purpurea
Binomial name
Alloclavaria purpurea (Fr.) Dentinger & D.J.McLaughlin (2007)
Synonyms
Clavaria purpurea Fr. (1821)

Alloclavaria purpurea Mycological characteristics
	Smooth hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is edible

Alloclavaria purpurea is a coral fungus commonly known as the purple coral, or the purple fairy club. Formerly known as Clavaria purpurea, it has been moved to its own genus as a result of phylogenetic analysis.^[1]