Relating to or characteristic of the fungal family Clavariaceae; resembling club or coral fungi.
From Clavariaceae + -ous (adjective suffix). Used in mycology to describe fungi with characteristics typical of this family.
Adding '-aceous' to a fungal family name is like adding 'y' to describe something—it's the quick scientific way to say 'kind of like those fungi,' appearing mostly in technical mycology papers.
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