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Clathrus

Clathrus is a genus of fungi of the family Phallaceae, the stinkhorn fungi. Mature fruit bodies are covered with olive-brown slimy gleba, containing spores, that attract flies. These fungi are saprobic and are common in mulch.

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Clathrus
Clathrus archeri
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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)
Synonyms1
  • 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 fungi of the family Phallaceae, the stinkhorn fungi. Mature fruit bodies are covered with olive-brown slimy gleba, containing spores, that attract flies. These fungi are saprobic (feeding on dead organic matter) and are common in mulch.

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References

  1. "Clathrus P. Micheli ex L. 1753". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. 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.
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