Basket Fungus
Ileodictyon cibarium Tul. & C.Tul.
A species in the family Phallaceae, order Phallales. Recorded under 2 common names across 2 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Phallales
- Family
- Phallaceae
- Genus
- Ileodictyon
What it is called
- English
- Basket Fungus
- Welsh
- Cawell Gwyn
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Clathrus cibarius (Tul. & C.Tul.) E.Fisch.
Others in Ileodictyon
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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