Calocera

Calocera is a fungal genus in the Dacrymycetes order. It is widely distributed and contains 15 species.[3][4]

Calocera
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

15, see text

Synonyms[2]

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

Etymology

Calocera is derived from the Greek words kalós, "beautiful", and kéras, "horn".[5] In English it is called stagshorn, which also discribes its similarity with the horn of an animal.[6]

Species
  • Calocera australis
  • Calocera bambusicola
  • Calocera clavata
  • Calocera cornea
  • Calocera furcata
  • Calocera fusca
  • Calocera glossoides
  • Calocera guepinioides
  • Calocera lutea
  • Calocera pallidospathulata
  • Calocera sinensis
  • Calocera viscosa

References
  1. Fries EM. (1825). "Systema Orbis Vegetabilis" (in Latin). Lundin, Sweden: Typographia Academica: 91. 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 requires |journal= (help)
  6. http://www.mushroomdiary.co.uk/2011/10/yellow-stagshorn-fungus/ Mushroom Diary, retrieved 20 January 2021


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