Clathrus

Clathrus is a genus of fungi of the family Phallaceae, the stinkhorn fungi. Mature fruit bodies are covered with olive-brown slimy gleba, containing spores, that attract flies. These fungi are saprobic (feeding on dead organic matter) and are common in mulch.

Clathrus
Clathrus archeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Clathrus
P.Micheli ex L. (1753)
Type species
Clathrus ruber
P.Micheli ex Pers. (1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cletria P.Browne (1756)
  • Anthurus Kalchbr. & MacOwan (1800)
  • Colonnaria Raf. (1808)
  • Dycticia Raf. (1808)
  • Aserophallus Lepr. & Mont. (1845)
  • Stephanophallus MacOwan (1880)
  • Clathrella E.Fisch. (1898)
  • Linderia G.Cunn. (1931)
  • Linderiella G.Cunn. (1941)

Species
  • Clathrus archeri, octopus stinkhorn
  • Clathrus baumii
  • Clathrus bicolumnatus
  • Clathrus cameroensis
  • Clathrus cancellatum, cancer stinkhorn, striker
  • Clathrus cheriar
  • Clathrus chrysomycelinus
  • Clathrus columnatus
  • Clathrus crispus
  • Clathrus crispatus
  • Clathrus cristatus
  • Clathrus delicatus
  • Clathrus hainanensis
  • Clathrus kusanoi
  • Clathrus mauritianus
  • Clathrus oahuensis
  • Clathrus preussi
  • Clathrus roseovolvatus[2]
  • Clathrus ruber (type species)
  • Clathrus transvaalensis
  • Clathrus treubii
  • Clathrus xiningensis

References
  1. "Clathrus P. Micheli ex L. 1753". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  2. Lécuru C, Mornand J, Fiard J-P, Moreau P-A, Courtecuisse C (2013). "Clathrus roseovolvatus, a new phalloid fungus of the Caribbean". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 34 (1): 35–44. doi:10.7872/crym.v34.iss1.2013.35.
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