Ileodictyon gracile

Ileodictyon gracile is a saprotrophic species of fungus in the family Phallaceae. It is native to Australia, where it is commonly known as the smooth cage fungus, with reference to its basidiocarps (fruit bodies), shaped like a ball with interlaced or latticed branches partly covered on the inner surfaces with a foetid slime layer containing basidiospores.

Ileodictyon gracile
Ileodictyon gracile, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Ileodictyon
Species:
I. gracile
Binomial name
Ileodictyon gracile
Berk. (1845)
Synonyms

Protubera canescens G.W. Beaton & Malajczuk (1986)

Ileodictyon gracile is similar to and sometimes confused with Ileodictyon cibarium, which is also native to Australia. Fruit bodies of both species are whitish, mesh balls of similar size, but can be differentiated by characteristics of the receptacle arms that form the mesh.[1] I. cibarium has a thicker mesh with arms that are wrinkled, wider, elliptical in cross section, and not thickened where the arms meet, compared to I. gracile.[1][2]

Distribution

Ileodictyon gracile is native to Australia, but is not known with certainty from New Zealand.[3] The species has also been found in Asia, in China,[4] India,[5] Japan,[4] and Korea,[4] possibly as a result of it being introduced. It is also known in Europe from England,[6] Italy,[7] Portugal, and Spain[8] where it is certainly introduced.

References
  1. Kuo, M. (August 2022). "Ileodictyon gracile (MushroomExpert.Com)". www.mushroomexpert.com. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  2. "Ileodictyon gracile" (PDF). Compiled by V Ryan for QMS Gasteromycetes Workshop. Queensland Mycological Society. November 2017 [August 2013].{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Cooper JA (2020). "Mycological Notes 41: The Phallales (Stinkhorns) in New Zealand" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  4. Ka K, Hur T, Ryoo C (2004). "A Note on Ileodictyon gracile (Clathraceae) in Korea". Mycobiology. 32: 54–56. doi:10.4489/MYCO.2004.32.1.054. S2CID 84536821.
  5. Karun NC, Sridhar KR (2019). "Notes on stinkhorns (Phallaceae ) in the Western Ghats and West coast of India". Kavaka. 53 (53): 22–28. doi:10.36460/Kavaka/53/2019/22-28. S2CID 214099544.
  6. Downes S (Oct 2020). "First for Britain: Foul-smelling, fly-attracting Australia fungus spotted in Hethersett". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  7. 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.
  8. Martín MP, Vidal JM (1991). "Aportación al catálogo de los Gasteromicetes de Cataluña". Butlletí Societat Catalana de Micologia (14–15): 195–204.


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