Biology:Ileodictyon gracile
| Ileodictyon gracile | |
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| Ileodictyon gracile, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Phallales |
| Family: | Phallaceae |
| Genus: | Ileodictyon |
| Species: | I. gracile
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| Binomial name | |
| Ileodictyon gracile Berk. (1845)
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Protubera canescens G.W. Beaton & Malajczuk (1986) | |
Ileodictyon gracile is a saprotrophic species of fungus in the family Phallaceae. It is native to Australia , where it is commonly known as the smooth cage fungus, with reference to its basidiocarps (fruit bodies), shaped like a ball with interlaced or latticed branches partly covered on the inner surfaces with a foetid slime layer containing basidiospores.
Ileodictyon gracile is similar to and sometimes confused with Ileodictyon cibarium, which is also native to Australia. Fruit bodies of both species are whitish, mesh balls of similar size, but can be differentiated by characteristics of the receptacle arms that form the mesh.[1] I. cibarium has a thicker mesh with arms that are wrinkled, wider, elliptical in cross section, and not thickened where the arms meet, compared to I. gracile.[1][2]
Distribution
Ileodictyon gracile is native to Australia, but is not known with certainty from New Zealand.[3] The species has also been found in Asia, in China,[4] India,[5] Japan,[4] and Korea,[4] possibly as a result of it being introduced. It is also known in Europe from England,[6] Italy,[7] Portugal, and Spain[8] where it is certainly introduced.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kuo, M. (August 2022). "Ileodictyon gracile (MushroomExpert.Com)". http://www.mushroomexpert.com/ileodictyon_gracile.html.
- ↑ "Ileodictyon gracile" (in en). Queensland Mycological Society. November 2017. https://qldfungi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/FoQs/I-Misc/Ileodictyon-gracile.pdf.
- ↑ Cooper JA (2020). "Mycological Notes 41: The Phallales (Stinkhorns) in New Zealand". https://www.funnz.org.nz/sites/default/files/2020-MycNotes41-Phallales.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "A Note on Ileodictyon gracile (Clathraceae) in Korea". Mycobiology 32: 54–56. 2004. doi:10.4489/MYCO.2004.32.1.054.
- ↑ "Notes on stinkhorns (Phallaceae ) in the Western Ghats and West coast of India". Kavaka 53 (53): 22–28. 2019. doi:10.36460/Kavaka/53/2019/22-28.
- ↑ Downes S (Oct 2020). "First for Britain: Foul-smelling, fly-attracting Australia fungus spotted in Hethersett". https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/first-for-britain-foul-smelling-fly-attracting-australia-fungus-spotted-1000810.
- ↑ "Ileodictyon gracile, new to Italy". Mycotaxon 116 (116): 121–124. 2011. doi:10.5248/116.121.
- ↑ "Aportación al catálogo de los Gasteromicetes de Cataluña". Butlletí Societat Catalana de Micologia (14–15): 195–204. 1991.
Wikidata ☰ Q10534425 entry
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