Gomphus | |
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Gomphus clavatus Albin Schmalfuß, 1897 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Gomphales |
Family: | Gomphaceae |
Genus: |
Gomphus Pers. (1794) |
Type species | |
Gomphus clavatus (Pers.)
Gray (1821)
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Species | |
See text |
Gomphus is a genus of cantharelloid fungi in the family Gomphaceae. [1] Once presumed to be related to chanterelles, molecular study has shown them to be allied with stinkhorns and fairy clubs. The type species of the genus is the pig's ear ( G. clavatus).
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon named the genus in 1797, but did not assign any species to it at the time. [2] The generic name is derived from the Greek 'γομφος' gomphos meaning 'plug' or 'large wedge-shaped nail'. [3]
As of September 2023 [update], Index Fungorum accepts 12 species of Gomphus: [4]
Image | Name | Taxon Author | Year | Distribution |
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Gomphus brasiliensis | Corner | 1970 | South America | |
Gomphus brunneus | (Heinem.) Corner | 1966 | Mexico | |
Gomphus cavipes | Corner | 1970 | South America | |
Gomphus clavatus | (Pers.) Gray | 1821 | Europe, North America | |
Gomphus crassipes | (Kuntze) Maire | 1937 | Spain and North Africa | |
Gomphus ludovicianus | R.H. Petersen, Justice & D.P. Lewis | 2014 | southeastern United States | |
Gomphus megasporus | Corner | 1970 | Pakistan | |
Gomphus ochraceus | (Pat.) Singer | 1945 | ||
Gomphus orientalis | R.H. Petersen & M. Zang | 1996 | China | |
Gomphus szechwanensis | R.H. Petersen | 1972 | Tibet | |
Gomphus thiersii | R.H. Petersen | 1971 | USA | |
Gomphus yunnanensis | R.H. Petersen & M. Zang | 1996 | China |
There are several undescribed species in the forests of Myrtle beech ( Nothofagus cunninghamii) in Tasmania. [5] Bruce Fuhrer noticed in 1992 that the large and ornamented spores of these species resembled those of the genera Ramaria and Beenakia. [6]