Calocera cornea

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Calocera cornea
basidiun
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycetes Subdivision: Hymenomycotina Class: Heterobasidiomycetes Order: Dacrymycetales Genus: Calocera Species: Cornea

Calocera cornea is a member of the Heterobasidiomycetes (Jelly Fungi), also known as the branch between "True Mushrooms" and "Jelly Fungi".

It becomes up to 3mm wide, and 2mm in height.

[edit] Reproduction

C. Cornea is notable because its method of basidiospore discharge launches the spore off its basidia with an initial acceleration of 10,000 g's. This type of spore discharge is known as ballistospore discharge.

[edit] References

• C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et. al., Introductory Mycology, 4^th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5

• http://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/club%20and%20coral/species%20pages/Calocera%20cornea.htm