Clathrus

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For the gastropod genus, see Clathrus (gastropod).
Clathrus
Clathrus archeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Clathrus
P. Micheli ex L.
Type species
Clathrus ruber
P. Micheli ex Pers.
Synonyms[1]

1756 Cletria P. Browne
1800 Anthurus Kalchbr. & MacOwan
1808 Colonnaria Raf.
1808 Dycticia Raf.
1845 Aserophallus Lepr. & Mont.
1880 Stephanophallus MacOwan
1898 Clathrella E. Fisch.
1931 Linderia G. Cunn.
1942 Linderiella G. Cunn.

Clathrus is a genus of basidiomycete fungi of the family Phallaceae. As with other stinkhorn fungi, mature fruit bodies are covered with olive-brown slimy gleba, containing spores, which attracts flies. These fungi are common in mulch and are saprobic.

Species

References

  1. "Clathrus P. Micheli ex L. 1753". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 


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