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Aseroë
''Aseroe'' is a small genus of basidiomycete fungi of the family Phallaceae, though sometimes placed in the separate family Clathraceae. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ''Asē''/αση 'disgust' and ''roē''/ροη 'juice'. The genus was described with the collection and description of the type species ''Aseroe rubra'' in 1800 by French botanist Jacques Labillardière. As with other stinkhorn-like fungi, mature fruiting bodies are covered with olive-brown slime, containing spores, which attracts flies. These fungi are common in mulch and are saprobic. Species , Species Fungorum accepted 3 species of ''Aseroe''. * '' Aseroe coccinea'' * '' Aseroe genovefae'' * ''Aseroe rubra ''Aseroe rubra'', commonly known as the anemone stinkhorn, sea anemone fungus and starfish fungus, is a common and widespread basidiomycete fungus recognizable for its foul odour of carrion and its sea anemone shape when mature. Found in garden ...'' References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phallaceae
Phallaceae is a family of fungi, commonly known as stinkhorns, within the order Phallales. Stinkhorns have a worldwide distribution, but are especially prevalent in tropical regions. They are known for their foul-smelling, sticky spore masses, or gleba, borne on the end of a stalk called the receptaculum. The characteristic fruiting-body structure, a single, unbranched receptaculum with an externally attached gleba on the upper part, distinguishes the Phallaceae from other families in the Phallales. The spore mass typically smells of carrion or dung, and attracts flies, beetles and other insects to help disperse the spores. Although there is great diversity in body structure shape among the various genera, all species in the Phallaceae begin their development as oval or round structures known as "eggs". According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 21 genera and 77 species. Description Species of stinkhorns have gasteroid, or internally produced spores. Fruit bodies origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aseroe Coccinea
''Aseroe coccinea'' is a species of stinkhorn fungus in the genus '' Aseroe''. First reported in Japan in 1989, it was not formally validated as a species until 2007, the delay related to a publication error. The receptacle, or fruit body, begins as a partially buried whitish egg-shaped structure, which bursts open as a hollow white stipe with reddish arms, then erupts and grows to a height of up to . It matures into a star-shaped structure with seven to nine thin reddish tubular "arms" up to long radiating from the central area. The top of the receptacle is covered with dark olive-brown spore-slime, or gleba. ''A. coccinea'' can be distinguished from the more common species '' A. rubra'' by differences in the color of the receptacle, and in the structure of the arms. The edibility of the fungus has not been reported. Taxonomy The fungus was first described provisionally (denoted by ''ad interim'') as ''Aseroe coccinea'' by the Japanese mycologists Yoshimi and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aseroe Floriformis
''Aseroe floriformis'' is a species of fungus in the stinkhorn family Phallaceae. Described as a new species in 2005, it is known only from northeast Brazil, where it grows on sandy soil. The fruit body has a raspberry-colored stipe, and, unlike other members of the genus '' Aseroe'' does not have radiating branches. Discovery The fungus was found during collecting expeditions to the Parque Estadual Dunas do Natal and Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural Mata Estrela, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte. In 2009, it was reported in the state of Bahia. The specific epithet ''floriformis'' refers to the mushroom's resemblance to a flower. Description Immature fruit bodies start out as roughly spherical "eggs", in diameter, on or near the surface of the ground. The eggs are white to yellowish, with robust white mycelial cords. The volva is made of an internal, hyaline (translucent), gelatinous layer as well as a membranous structure that is made of branching, hyal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aseroe Rubra
''Aseroe rubra'', commonly known as the anemone stinkhorn, sea anemone fungus and starfish fungus, is a common and widespread basidiomycete fungus recognizable for its foul odour of carrion and its sea anemone shape when mature. Found in gardens on mulch and in grassy areas, it resembles a red star-shaped structure covered in brownish slime on a white stalk. It attracts flies, which spread its spores. Taxonomy The first native Australian fungus to be formally described, ''Aseroe rubra'' was collected in 1792 in southern Tasmania and named by the French botanist Jacques Labillardière. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ''Asē''/αση 'disgust' and ''roē''/ροη 'juice', and the Latin ''ruber'' 'red'. It is a member of the stinkhorn family Phallaceae, although has been placed by some mycologists in a separate family Clathraceae. Like them it bears its spores in a brownish slime which smells of faeces or carrion and attracts flies, which spread th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). Article 67.1 A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups and called a type genus. In botanical nomenclature, these terms have no formal standing under the code of nomenclature, but are sometimes borrowed from zoological nomenclature. In botany, the type of a genus name is a specimen (or, rarely, an illustration) which is also the type of a species name. The species name that has that type can also be referred to as the type of the genus name. Names of genus and family ranks, the various subdivisions of those ranks, and some higher-rank names based on genus names, have such types. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phallales The Phallales are an order of fungi in the subclass Phallomycetidae. The order contains two families: the Claustulaceae, and the Phallaceae, which, according to a 2008 estimate, collectively contain 26 genera and 88 species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of .... See also * List of taxa named after human genitals References External links * MushroomExpert.com: the Order Phallales* Basidiomycota orders {{Phallales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] |
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