Clavariadelphaceae

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Clavariadelphaceae
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Clavariadelphus ligula
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gomphales
Family: Clavariadelphaceae
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Type genus
Clavariadelphus
Genera

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Clavariadelphus

The Clavariadelphaceae are a family of fungi belonging in what is classically known as the Gomphales order, or cladistically as the gomphoid-phalloid clade . First described by British botanist E.J.H. Corner in 1970, [1] the family has 2 genera and 26 species. [2]

References

  1. Corner EJH. (1970). "Supplement to 'A monograph of Clavaria and allied genera'". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 33: 6.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p.  149. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.