Itajahya

Itajahya
In Pretoria, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Itajahya
Möller (1895)
Type species
Itajahya galericulata
Möller (1895)
Synonyms

Alboffiella Speg. (1898)
Phallus galericulatus (A.Møller) Kreisel (1996)[1]

Itajahya is a fungal genus in the family Phallaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Itajahya galericulata, widespread in tropical and subtropical areas.[2] Characters in this genus include a white calyptra (tissue which covers the top of the fruit body to which the gleba is attached), lamellate plates covered with gleba. The gleba has a white mottled surface, and the cap appears wig-like when removed of the gleba. The thick, stout stalk has many chambered walls.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kreisel H. (1996). A preliminary survey of the genus Phallus sensu lato. 48. pp. 273–80. 
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 346. ISBN 9780851998268. 
  3. ^ Long WH, Stouffer DJ. (1943). "Studies in the Gasteromycetes: IX. The genus, Itajahya, in North America". Mycologia 35 (6): 620–8. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0035/006/0620.htm. 

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