PHALLACEAE Corda
(stinkhorns and cage fungi)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
Species 2 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 45 images 8 ident. refs
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Genus 3 subtaxa 31 images 2 ident. refs
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Genus 4 subtaxa 29 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Kibby, G. 2015 The weird, wonderful and smelly world of stinkhorns and clathroid fungi Field Mycology Vol 16 (2): 58-69, rear cover.
Pegler, D.N. & Gomez, L.D. 1994 An unusual member of the cage fungus family Mycologist Vol 08 (2): 54-59.
() Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M. 1995 British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns 255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

PHALLACEAE (stinkhorns and 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 PHALLACEAE (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PHALLACEAE (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
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