Phallales

Phallales
Common stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Subclass:	Phallomycetidae
Order:	Phallales E.Fisch. (1898) [1]
Families
Claustulaceae Gastrosporiaceae Phallaceae

The Phallales are an order of fungi in the subclass Phallomycetidae. ^[2]

Taxonomy

The order contains three families: ^{[3] [4]}

• Claustulaceae which include 12 species in 6 genera
• Gastrosporiaceae which include 3 species in a single genus
• Phallaceae which include 180 species across 31 genera

The genera Saprogaster and Vandasia are also included in this order but not yet classified in a family level taxon.

See also

• List of taxa named after human genitals

References

1. Engler A. (1898). Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien: Eine Übersicht über das gesammte Pflanzensystem (in German) (second ed.). Berlin, Germany: Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlag. p. 46.
2. Hosaka K, Bates ST, Beever RE, Castellano MA, Colgan W III, Domínguez LS, Nouhra ER, Geml J, Giachini AJ, Kenney SR, Simpson NB, Spatafora JW, Trappe JM (2006). "Molecular phylogenetics of the gomphoid-phalloid fungi with an establishment of the new subclass Phallomycetidae and two new orders" . Mycologia. 98 (6): 949–59. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.949. PMID   17486971.
3. "Phallales". Catalog of Life . Retrieved 2025-01-16.
4. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 519. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.

External links

• Phallales in MycoBank .
• MushroomExpert.com: the Order Phallales
• "Phallales E. Fisch". Atlas of Living Australia.