Clavariadelphaceae

Clavariadelphaceae
Clavariadelphus ligula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gomphales
Family: Clavariadelphaceae
Corner
Type genus
Clavariadelphus
Donk
Genera

Beenakia
Clavariadelphus

The Clavariadelphaceae are a family of fungi belonging in what is classically known as the Gomphales order, or cladistically as the gomphoid-phalloid clade. First described by British botanist E.J.H. Corner in 1970,[1] the family has 2 genera and 26 species.[2]

References

  1. ^ Corner EJH. (1970). "Supplement to 'A monograph of Clavaria and allied genera'". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 33: 6. 
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI. p. 149. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.