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| Calocera | |
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| Calocera cornea growing on a log | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Dacrymycetes |
| Order: | Dacrymycetales |
| Family: | Dacrymycetaceae |
| Genus: | Calocera (Fr.) Fr. (1825)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Clavaria viscosa (Pers.) Fr. (1827) | |
| Species | |
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15, see text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Clavaria subgen. Calocera Fr. (1821)
Caloceras Fr. ex Wallr. (1833) | |
Calocera is a fungal genus in the Dacrymycetes order. It is widely distributed and contains 15 species.[3][4]
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Fries EM. (1825). "Systema Orbis Vegetabilis" (in Latin). Lundin, Sweden: Typographia Academica: 91.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Calocera (Fr.) Fr. 1825". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ↑ 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.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ http://www.mushroomdiary.co.uk/2011/10/yellow-stagshorn-fungus/ Mushroom Diary, retrieved 20 January 2021
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