Biology:Calocera

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Calocera
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Calocera cornea growing on a log
Scientific classification e
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)
Species

15, see text

Synonyms[2]

Clavaria subgen. Calocera Fr. (1821) Caloceras Fr. ex Wallr. (1833)
Dacryomitra Tul. & C.Tul. (1872)

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

  1. Fries EM. (1825) (in Latin). Systema Orbis Vegetabilis. Lundin, Sweden: Typographia Academica. p. 91. https://archive.org/stream/systemaorbisveg00friegoog#page/n102/mode/2up. 
  2. "Calocera (Fr.) Fr. 1825". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=17218. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 
  3. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008)
  4. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 111. ISBN 9780851998268. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk. 
  5. 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=. 
  6. http://www.mushroomdiary.co.uk/2011/10/yellow-stagshorn-fungus/ Mushroom Diary, retrieved 20 January 2021

Wikidata ☰ Q736319 entry