Calocera

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)

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

Species

References

  1. Fries EM. (1825). "Systema Orbis Vegetabilis" (in Latin). Lundin, Sweden: Typographia Academica: 91.
  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.
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