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Laternea

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Rank
  
Genus

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Family
  
Phallaceae

Order
  
Phallales

Laternea

Similar
  
Laternea pusilla, Laternea triscapa, Phallales, Ligiella, Staheliomyces

Laternea is a genus of fungi in the Phallaceae family. The genus was first described by French botanist Pierre Jean François Turpin in 1822. It contains two species found in tropical regions of the Americas.

Species

  • Laternea bicolumnata
  • Laternea brasiliensis
  • Laternea columnata
  • Laternea cristata
  • Laternea dringii
  • Laternea pusilla
  • Laternea spegazzinii
  • Laternea triscapa
  • References

    Laternea Wikipedia