Multiclavula ichthyiformis

Multiclavula ichthyiformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Cantharellales
Family:	Hydnaceae
Genus:	Multiclavula
Species:	M. ichthyiformis
Binomial name
Multiclavula ichthyiformis Nelsen, Lücking, L.Umaña, Trest & Will-Wolf (2007)

Multiclavula ichthyiformis is a rare terricolous (ground-dwelling) basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae.^[1] The lichen produces small, flesh-coloured fruit bodies with flattened, fishtail-shaped tops that grow directly from the soil surface and bear spherical spores on their undersurface. Endemic to a high-elevation bog in Costa Rica, it was discovered in 2007 during a biodiversity survey and remains known only from this single mountain location.