Ciboria amentacea

Ciboria amentacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Sclerotiniaceae
Genus:	Ciboria
Species:	C. amentacea
Binomial name
Ciboria amentacea (Balb.) Fuckel (1870)
Synonyms [1]
Peziza amentaceaBalb. (1804) Rutstroemia amentacea(Balb.) P.Karst. (1871) Hymenoscyphus amentaceus(Balb.) W.Phillips (1887)

Ciboria amentacea, commonly known as the catkin cup, ^[2] is a species of ascomycete fungus in the family Sclerotiniaceae. It was first described by Giovanni Battista Balbis in 1804 as Peziza amentacea. Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel transferred it to Ciboria in 1870. ^[1]

The cap is up to 1.2 centimetres (1⁄2 in) across. ^[2] The species is widespread in Europe and North America, where it grows on catkins of willow and alder. ^[3]

References

1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Ciboria amentacea (Balb.) Fuckel". MycoBank. MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
2. Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. pp. 877–78. ISBN   978-0-89815-170-1.
3. Beug MW, Bessette AE, Bessette AR (2014). Ascomycete Fungi of North America: A Mushroom Reference Guide. Texas: University of Texas Press. p. 370. ISBN   978-0-292-75452-2.

External links

• Ciboria amentacea in Index Fungorum