Calathella | |
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Genus: | Calathella |
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Calathella eruciformis (P. Micheli ex Batsch) D.A. Reid
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C. albolivida | |
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1951 Flagelloscypha Donk |
Calathella is a genus of fungi in the mushroom family Marasmiaceae. 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]
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, uniform basidia (swollen at the base), and spores that range in shape from oblong-elliptical to cylindrical.[3]