Biology:Calocera
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Short description: Genus of fungi
| Calocera | |
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| Calocera cornea growing on a log | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Dacrymycetes |
| Order: | Dacrymycetales |
| Family: | [[Biology:|Dacrymycetaceae]] |
| Genus: | Calocera (Fr.) Fr. (1825)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Clavaria viscosa (Pers.) Fr. (1827)
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| Species | |
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15, see text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Clavaria subgen. Calocera Fr. (1821)
Caloceras Fr. ex Wallr. (1833) | |
Calocera is a fungal genus in the Dacrymycetes order. It is widely distributed and contains 15 species.[3][4]
Etymology
Calocera is derived from the Greek words kalós, "beautiful", and kéras, "horn".[5] In English it is called stagshorn, which also describes its similarity with the horn of an animal.[6]
Species
- Calocera australis
- Calocera bambusicola
- Calocera clavata
- Calocera cornea
- Calocera furcata
- Calocera fusca
- Calocera glossoides
- Calocera guepinioides
- Calocera lutea
- Calocera pallidospathulata
- Calocera sinensis
- Calocera viscosa
References
- ↑ Fries EM. (1825) (in Latin). Systema Orbis Vegetabilis. Lundin, Sweden: Typographia Academica. p. 91. https://archive.org/stream/systemaorbisveg00friegoog#page/n102/mode/2up.
- ↑ "Calocera (Fr.) Fr. 1825". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=17218. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008)
- ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 111. ISBN 9780851998268. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk.
- ↑ Fries EM. (1821) (in Latin). Systema mycologicum. Volumen 1.. Greifswald, Germany: Sumtibus Ernesti Mauritii. p. 485. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/10325/?offset=#page=543&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=.
- ↑ http://www.mushroomdiary.co.uk/2011/10/yellow-stagshorn-fungus/ Mushroom Diary, retrieved 20 January 2021
Wikidata ☰ Q736319 entry
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