Claustula K.M. Curtis 1926

Details

Name scientific

Claustula K.M. Curtis, Ann. Bot. (London) 40 476 (1926)

Preferred name

Claustula K.M. Curtis 1926

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

K.M. Curtis

Original authors

K.M. Curtis

Publication place

Curtis, K.M. 1926: The morphology of Claustula fischeri, gen. et sp. nov. A new genus of phalloid affinity. Annals of Botany 40: 471-477.

Year published

1926

Publication page

476

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Claustula K.M. Curtis 1926

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Claustula

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Phallales

Family

Claustulaceae

Genus

Claustula

Subordinates

Claustula fischeri

Descriptions

Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Claustula K.M. Curtis 1926

Notes

Although related to the stinkhorns, the fruiting body of this fungus appears to be truffle-like. Initially a reddish brown, globose ball, it splits at maturity to reveal the white, spore-containing ‘egg’. About 5 cm diameter.

This is the only species of the genus Claustula, and is known from only two locations in New Zealand, as well as in Tasmania. In both countries it is listed as threatened, in New Zealand as Nationally Critical by Department of Conservation. It is probably ectomycorrhizal on beech and/or tea-tree.

Notes

The fruiting body of this species remains closed, more or less globose, although this is revealed following the splitting of the outer 'egg' layer. Internally the fruiting body has the appearance of an unopened fruiting body of a 'typical' stinkhorn.

Curtis, K.M. 1926: The morphology of Claustula fischeri, gen. et sp. nov. A new genus of phalloid affinity. Annals of Botany 40: 471-477.

Claustula K.M. Curtis 1926

Latin

DIAGNOSIS. Claustula, gen. nov. Volva ovate, up to 2 in. in diameter, white at first, finally coloured, of two layers, outer thin, inner gelatinous, rupturing above at maturity into several pointed segments; receptaculum globose, permanently closed, partly ejected from volva at maturity, with large central cavity and wall of meshwork; gleba in small chambers on inner surface of receptaculum ; spores brown, smooth, cylindrical with persistent basal papilla.

Notes

[see Claustula fischeri]