Biology:Clathrus

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Clathrus
Clathrus archeri.jpg
Clathrus archeri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Clathrus
P.Micheli ex L. (1753)
Type species
Clathrus ruber
P.Micheli ex Pers. (1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cletria P.Browne (1756)
  • Anthurus Kalchbr. & MacOwan (1800)
  • Colonnaria Raf. (1808)
  • Dycticia Raf. (1808)
  • Aserophallus Lepr. & Mont. (1845)
  • Stephanophallus MacOwan (1880)
  • Clathrella E.Fisch. (1898)
  • Linderia G.Cunn. (1931)
  • Linderiella G.Cunn. (1941)

Clathrus is a genus of fungi of the family Phallaceae, the stinkhorn fungi. As with other members of the family, mature fruit bodies are covered with olive-brown slimy gleba, containing spores, that attracts flies. These fungi are saprobic (feeding on dead organic matter) and are common in mulch.

Species

References

  1. "Clathrus P. Micheli ex L. 1753". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=19069. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
  2. "Clathrus roseovolvatus, a new phalloid fungus of the Caribbean". Cryptogamie, Mycologie 34 (1): 35–44. 2013. doi:10.7872/crym.v34.iss1.2013.35. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q913940 entry