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Calathella
Calathella is a genus of fungi in the Marasmiaceae family of mushrooms. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains nine species found in Europe and North America.[1] The genus was circumscribed by the English mycologist Derek Reid in 1964.[2]
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Description
The genus contains fungi that produce small tubular or cup-shaped cyphelloid fruit bodies. The fruit bodies are characterized by encrusted surface hairs with rounded tips, urniform basidia (swollen at the base), and spores that range in shape from oblong-elliptical to cylindrical.[3]
See also
- List of Marasmiaceae genera
References
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Reid DA. (1964). "Notes on some fungi of Michigan-I. Cyphellaceae". Persoonia 3: 97–154.
- ^ Sulzbacher MA, Desjardin DE, Putzke J. (2008). "Calathella columbiana (Basidiomycota): new record of a cyphelloid fungus from Brazil". Mycotaxon 105: 37–42. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0105/0037.htm.
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