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

Calocera
Calocera cornea growing on a log
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

Etymology

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Calocera is derived from the Greek words kalós, "beautiful", and kéras, "horn".[5] In English it is called stagshorn, which also describes its similarity with the horn of an animal.[6]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Fries EM. (1825). "Systema Orbis Vegetabilis" (in Latin). Lundin, Sweden: Typographia Academica: 91. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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.
  5. ^ Fries EM. (1821). "Systema mycologicum. Volumen 1" (in Latin). Greifswald, Germany: Sumtibus Ernesti Mauritii: 485. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ http://www.mushroomdiary.co.uk/2011/10/yellow-stagshorn-fungus/ Mushroom Diary, retrieved 20 January 2021