Clathrus P. Micheli ex L.
(cage fungi)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Clathrus archeri
Devil’s Fingers
Fruitbody (Click to open)
 		Species 45 images 4 ident. refs
Clathrus ruber
Red Cage, Red Cage Fungus
Species 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusClathrus (cage fungi)
FamilyPHALLACEAE (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
OrderPHALLALES (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
SubclassPHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dring, D.M. 1980 Contributions towards a rational arrangement of the Clathraceae Kew Bulletin Vol 35 (1): 1-96+ii.

Clathrus (cage fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clathrus (cage fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clathrus (cage fungi)
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