Abstract
A new species of clavarioid fungi, Clavaria viriditincta is described from Kerala State, India. This species is proposed as new based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic (ITS-LSUsequence) data. C. viriditincta can be distinguished from all other described species in the genus by its distinctly green, unbranched basidiomata, and by its genetic distinctiveness.
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