Calyptella

Calyptella is a genus of Cyphelloid fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 20 species.[1]

Calyptella
Calyptella longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Marasmiaceae
Genus:
Calyptella

Quél. (1886)
Type species
Calyptella capula
(Holmsk.) Quél. (1888)

These fungi grow on bark of trees or on the stems of herbaceous plants (generally when they are already dead). The fruiting bodies are shaped like bells which hang down from a point of attachment, sometimes with short stems. The smooth fertile surface is on the interior of the bell shape.[2][3]

Species
  • Calyptella australis
  • Calyptella bakeriana
  • Calyptella bonairensis
  • Calyptella campanula
  • Calyptella capula
  • Calyptella crateriformis
  • Calyptella cystidiosa
  • Calyptella epibrya
  • Calyptella flava
  • Calyptella hebes
  • Calyptella longipes
  • Calyptella musae
  • Calyptella nabambissoënsis
  • Calyptella pteridophytorum
  • Calyptella puiggarii
  • Calyptella totara
  • Calyptella urbanii

See also

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008) [1943]. Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Knudsen, H.; Vesterholt, J., eds. (2018). Funga Nordica Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gasteroid genera. Copenhagen: Nordsvamp. p. 1016. ISBN 978-87-983961-3-0.
  3. Læssøe, H.; Petersen, Jens (2019). Fungi of Temperate Europe. Princeton University Press. p. 1080. ISBN 9780691180373.


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