Calocera
Calocera is a fungal genus in the Dacrymycetes order. It is widely distributed and contains 15 species.[3][4]
Calocera | |
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Calocera cornea growing on a log | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Dacrymycetes |
Order: | Dacrymycetales |
Family: | Dacrymycetaceae |
Genus: | Calocera (Fr.) Fr. (1825)[1] |
Type species | |
Clavaria viscosa (Pers.) Fr. (1827) | |
Species | |
15, see text | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Clavaria subgen. Calocera Fr. (1821)
Caloceras Fr. ex Wallr. (1833) |
Etymology
Calocera is derived from the Greek words kalós, "beautiful", and kéras, "horn".[5] In English it is called stagshorn, which also describes its similarity with the horn of an animal.[6]
Species
- Calocera australis
- Calocera bambusicola
- Calocera clavata
- Calocera cornea
- Calocera furcata
- Calocera fusca
- Calocera glossoides
- Calocera guepinioides
- Calocera lutea
- Calocera pallidospathulata
- Calocera sinensis
- Calocera viscosa
References
- Fries EM. (1825). "Systema Orbis Vegetabilis" (in Latin). Lundin, Sweden: Typographia Academica: 91.
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- Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008)
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 111. ISBN 9780851998268.
- Fries EM. (1821). "Systema mycologicum. Volumen 1" (in Latin). Greifswald, Germany: Sumtibus Ernesti Mauritii: 485.
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