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Gomphaceae

The Gomphaceae are a diverse family of fungi belonging in what is classically known as the Phallales or cladistically as the gomphoid-phalloid clade. In 2008, the family had 13 genera and 287 species.

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Gomphaceae
Gomphus clavatus, Albin Schmalfuß, 1897
Gomphus clavatus
Albin Schmalfuß, 1897
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gomphales
Family: Gomphaceae
Donk (1961)
Type genus
Gomphus
Pers. (1794)
Genera

Araeocoryne
Austrogautieria
Ceratellopsis
Delentaria
Destuntzia
Gautieria
Gloeocantharellus
Gomphus
Phaeoclavulina
Protogautieria
Pseudogomphus
Ramaria
Ramaricium
Terenodon
Turbinellus

The Gomphaceae are a diverse family of fungi belonging in what is classically known as the Phallales or cladistically as the gomphoid-phalloid clade. In 2008, the family had 13 genera and 287 species.1

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References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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