''Thelephora'' is a genus of fungi in the family

Thelephoraceae The Thelephoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. This grouping of mushrooms is commonly known as the "leathery earthfans". Genera The family includes the following eight genera: * '' Amaurodon'' * '' Hypochnus'' * '' Lenzit ...

. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species. Fruit bodies of species are leathery, usually brownish at maturity, and range in shape from coral-like tufts to having distinct caps. Almost all species in the genus are thought to be inedible, but ''

Thelephora ganbajun ''Thelephora ganbajun'', or "ganba fungus," 干巴菌 / 乾巴菌, is a species of coral fungus in the family Thelephoraceae. It was species description, described as new to science in 1987 by Chinese mycologist Mu Zang. It is found in Yunnan, w ...

'' is a gourmet fungus in Yunnan province of southwest China. The generic name is derived from the Greek ''thele'' (θηλή) meaning ''nipple'' and ''phorus'' meaning ''bearing''.Thelephora
at myEtymology.com Species in the genus are commonly known as "fiber fans" and "fiber vases". Some ''Thelephora'' species are known to accumulate or even hyperaccumulate trace elements in fruit-bodies. ''Thelephora penicillata'' hyperaccumulates cadmium and arsenic.

Species

*'' T. albidobrunnea'' Schwein. 1832 *'' T. alta'' Corner 1968 *'' T. anthocephala'' (Bull.) Fr. 1838 *'' T. arbuscula'' Corner 1968 *'' T. atra'' Weinm. 1836 *'' T. atrocitrina'' Quél. 1875 *'' T. aurantiotincta'' Corner 1968 *'' T. borneensis'' Corner 1976 *'' T. bourdotiana'' Zecchin 2008 *'' T. brasiliensis'' (Rick) Rick 1959 *'' T. brunneoviolacea'' Beeli 1927 *'' T. caryophyllea'' (Schaeff.) Pers. 1801 *'' T. cerberea'' Corner 1966 *'' T. cervicornis'' Corner 1968 *'' T. cervina'' Corner 1968 *'' T. congesta'' Berk. 1872 – Australia *'' T. crassitexta'' Corner 1968 *'' T. cuticularis'' Berk. 1847 – United States *'' T. cylindrica'' Corner 1968 *'' T. dactylites'' Corner 1968 *'' T. dentosa'' Berk. & M.A.Curtis 1868 *'' T. erebia'' Corner 1968 *'' T. fragilis'' Ehrh. 1787 *'' T. friulana'' Zecchin 2003 – Italy *'' T. fucoides'' Corner 1968 *'' T. fuscella'' (Ces.) Lloyd 1923 *'' T. ganbajun'' M.Zang 1987 – China *'' T. gelidioides'' Corner 1968 *'' T. griseozonata'' Cooke 1891 *'' T. intybacea'' Pers. 1801 *'' T. investiens'' Corner 1968 *'' T. japonica'' Yasuda 1916 *'' T. lutosa'' Schwein. 1832 *'' T. magnifica'' Corner 1968 *'' T. multipartita'' Schwein. 1828 *'' T. palmata'' (Scop.) Fr. 1821 *'' T. paraguayensis'' Corner 1968 *'' T. pendens'' Corner 1968 *'' T. penicillata'' (Pers.) Fr. 1821 *'' T. phyllophoroides'' Corner 1968 *'' T. pseudoterrestris'' Corner 1968 *'' T. ramarioides'' D.A.Reid 1958 *'' T. robusta'' Corner 1976 *'' T. scissilis'' Burt 1914 *'' T. tenuis'' Burt 1931 *'' T. terrestris'' Ehrh. 1787 *'' T. undulata'' Schrad. ex J.F.Gmel. 1792 *'' T. vaga'' Berk. 1855 *'' T. vialis'' Schwein. 1832 *'' T. zeylanica'' Corner 1968

References

External links

* Thelephorales genera {{Agaricomycetes-stub