Calocera

Calocera
Calocera cornea growing on a log
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Dacrymycetes
Order: Dacrymycetales
Family: Dacrymycetaceae
Genus: Calocera
(Fr.) Fr. (1825)
Type species
Clavaria viscosa
(Pers.) Fr. (1827)
Species

15, see text

Synonyms

Clavaria subgen. Calocera Fr. (1821) Caloceras Fr. ex Wallr. (1833)
Dacryomitra Tul. & C.Tul. (1872)

Calocera is a fungal genus in the Dacrymycetes order. It is widely distributed and contains 15 species.

Etymology

Calocera is derived from the Greek words kalós, "beautiful", and kéras, "horn". In English it is called stagshorn, which also describes its similarity with the horn of an animal.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Fries EM. (1825). "Systema Orbis Vegetabilis" (in Latin). Lundin, Sweden: Typographia Academica: 91. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "Calocera (Fr.) Fr. 1825". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  3. ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008)
  4. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 111. ISBN 9780851998268.
  5. ↑ Fries EM. (1821). "Systema mycologicum. Volumen 1" (in Latin). Greifswald, Germany: Sumtibus Ernesti Mauritii: 485. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ http://www.mushroomdiary.co.uk/2011/10/yellow-stagshorn-fungus/ Mushroom Diary, retrieved 20 January 2021