Clathrus archeri

*Clathrus archeri*
Mycological characteristics
Clathrus archeri Mycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is olive-brown
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is inedible

Clathrus archeri
	Octopus stinkhorn (Clathrus archeri) with suberumpent eggs
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Phallaceae
Genus:	Clathrus
Species:	C. archeri
Binomial name
	Clathrus archeri; (Berk.) Dring 1980
Synonyms
	Lysurus archeri Berk. (1859); Anthurus archeri (Berk.) E.Fisch. (1886); Aserophallus archeri (Berk.) Kuntze (1891); Pseudocolus archeri (Berk.) Lloyd (1913); Schizmaturus archeri (Berk.) Locq. (1977);

Clathrus archeri (synonyms Lysurus archeri, Anthurus archeri, Pseudocolus archeri), commonly known as octopus stinkhorn, or devil's fingers,^[2] is a fungus indigenous to Australia, including Tasmania, and New Zealand, and an introduced species in Europe, North America and Asia. The young fungus erupts from a suberumpent egg by forming into four to seven elongated slender arms initially erect and attached at the top. The arms then unfold to reveal a pinkish-red interior covered with a dark-olive spore-containing gleba. In maturity it smells of putrid flesh. Recently, C. archeri var. alba with white tentacles or arms has been reported from the Shola Forests in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India.^[3]

References

Notes

^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Clathrus archeri (Berk.) Dring". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
^ Clathrus archeri (devil's fingers)
^ Mohanan, C. (2011). Macrofungi of Kerala. Kerala, India.: Kerala Forest Research Institute. ISBN 81-85041-73-3.

Bibliography

Arora, D; Burk, WR (1982). "Clathrus archeri, a stinkhorn new to North America". Mycologia. 74 (3): 501–504. doi:10.2307/3792972.
Calonge, Francisco D. (1998) "Gasteromycetes, I. Lycoperdales, Nidulariales, Phallales, Sclerodermatales, Tulostomatale" in Flora Mycologica Iberica, Vol 3, J Cramer, Berlin, Germany. p. 271.
Dring, DM (1980). "Contributions towards a rational arrangement of the Clathraceae". Kew Bulletin. 35 (1): 1–96. doi:10.2307/4117008.
Pegler, DN et al. (1995) British Puffballs, Earthstars, and Stinkhorns, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. p. 255.

External links

Clathrus archeri in Index Fungorum

[urlFungorum_synonymy:_Clathrus_archeri-1] "GSD Species Synonymy: Clathrus archeri (Berk.) Dring". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

[2] Clathrus archeri (devil's fingers)

[Mohanan2011-3] Mohanan, C. (2011). Macrofungi of Kerala. Kerala, India.: Kerala Forest Research Institute. ISBN 81-85041-73-3.

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