Clathrus

Clathrus
Clathrus archeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Clathrus
P.Micheli ex L. (1753)
Type species
Clathrus ruber
P.Micheli ex Pers. (1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cletria P.Browne (1756)
  • Anthurus Kalchbr. & MacOwan (1800)
  • Colonnaria Raf. (1808)
  • Dycticia Raf. (1808)
  • Aserophallus Lepr. & Mont. (1845)
  • Stephanophallus MacOwan (1880)
  • Clathrella E.Fisch. (1898)
  • Linderia G.Cunn. (1931)
  • Linderiella G.Cunn. (1941)

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.
  2. Lécuru C, Mornand J, Fiard J-P, Moreau P-A, Courtecuisse C. (2013). "Clathrus roseovolvatus, a new phalloid fungus of the Caribbean". Cryptogamie Mycologie 34 (1): 35–44. doi:10.7872/crym.v34.iss1.2013.35.