Calocera Explained

Calocera is a fungal genus in the Dacrymycetes order. It is widely distributed and contains 15 species.^[1]

Etymology

Calocera is derived from the Greek words kalós, "beautiful", and kéras, "horn".^[2] In English it is called stagshorn, which also describes its similarity with the horn of an animal.^[3]

Species

• Calocera australis
• Calocera bambusicola
• Calocera clavata
• Calocera cornea
• Calocera furcata
• Calocera fusca
• Calocera glossoides
• Calocera guepinioides
• Calocera lutea
• Calocera pallidospathulata
• Calocera sinensis
• Calocera viscosa

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008)
2. Fries EM. . Systema mycologicum. Volumen 1. . 1821 . Sumtibus Ernesti Mauritii . Greifswald, Germany. 485. Latin .
3. http://www.mushroomdiary.co.uk/2011/10/yellow-stagshorn-fungus/ Mushroom Diary, retrieved 20 January 2021