Calostoma fuscum is a species of gasteroid fungus in the family Sclerodermataceae. Found in Australia, where it grows mainly in Eucalyptus forests, it was originally described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1839 as Mitremyces fuscus.[2] George Edward Massee transferred it to the genus Calostoma in 1888.

Calostoma fuscum
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C. fuscum
Binomial name
Calostoma fuscum
(Berk.) Massee (1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitremyces fuscus Berk. (1839)

References edit

  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Calostoma fuscum (Berk.) Massee". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  2. ^ Berkeley MJ. (1839). "Contributions towards a flora of Van Diemen's Land". Annals of Modern History. 3: 322–7.

External links edit

Calostoma fuscum in Index Fungorum