Ileodictyon

Ileodictyon
	Ileodictyon cibarium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Phallaceae
Genus:	Ileodictyon; Tul. & C. Tul. (1844)
Type species
	Ileodictyon cibarium; Tul. & C. Tul. (1844)
Species
	I. cibarium; I. gracile

Ileodictyon is a genus of fungi in the family Phallaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are clathroid (resembling those in the genus Clathrus), emerging from egg-like peridia and forming spongy "arms" which connect to create a cage-like lattice. The basidiospores on the arms are covered by a foetid slime that attracts flies, the agents of spore dispersal.[1][2] There are two named species and one currently unnamed. The unnamed species, called "the green cage fungus", is endemic to New Caledonia and is considered globally threatened. It is assessed as "endangered" on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[3]

The genus may have originated in Australia, New Zealand, and the southern Pacific islands, but species have been found worldwide (including Europe), probably as unintentional introductions.[2][4]

References

Dring DM (1980). "Contributions towards a rational arrangement of the Clathraceae". Kew Bulletin. 35 (1): 1–96. doi:10.2307/4117008. JSTOR 4117008.
Laessoe T, Pegler DN, Spooner B (1995). British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: An Account of the British Gasteroid Fungi. Kew, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens. p. 184. ISBN 0-947643-81-8.
"Green Cage Fungus: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2022-09-30.
Saitta A, Compagno R, La Rosa A, Lopez D, Venturella G (2011). "Ileodictyon gracile, new to Italy". Mycotaxon. 116 (116): 121–124. doi:10.5248/116.121.

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[Dring1980-1] Dring DM (1980). "Contributions towards a rational arrangement of the Clathraceae". Kew Bulletin. 35 (1): 1–96. doi:10.2307/4117008. JSTOR 4117008.

[Pegler1995-2] Laessoe T, Pegler DN, Spooner B (1995). British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: An Account of the British Gasteroid Fungi. Kew, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens. p. 184. ISBN 0-947643-81-8.

[IUCN-3] "Green Cage Fungus: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2022-09-30.

[Saitta-4] Saitta A, Compagno R, La Rosa A, Lopez D, Venturella G (2011). "Ileodictyon gracile, new to Italy". Mycotaxon. 116 (116): 121–124. doi:10.5248/116.121.