Thelephora

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Thelephora
File:Thelephora.terrestris4.-.lindsey.jpg
Thelephora terrestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Thelephoraceae
Genus: Thelephora
Ehrh. ex Willd. (1787)
Type species
Thelephora terrestris
Ehrh. (1787)
Synonyms[1]
  • Merisma Pers. (1797)
  • Thelephora sect. Phylacteria Pers. (1822)
  • Scyphopilus P.Karst. (1881)
  • Phylacteria (Pers.) Pat. (1887)
  • Thelophora Clem. (1902)
  • Pseudothelephora Lloyd (1919)

Thelephora is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species.[2] Fruit bodies of species are leathery, usually brownish at maturity, and range in shape from coral-like tufts to having distinct caps. Almost all species in the genus are thought to be inedible,[3] but Thelephora ganbajun is a gourmet fungus in Yunnan province of southwest China.[4]

The generic name is derived from the Greek thele (θηλή) meaning nipple and phorus meaning bearing.[5] Species in the genus are commonly known as "fiber fans" and "fiber vases".[3]

Some Thelephora species are known to accumulate or even hyperaccumulate trace elements in fruit-bodies. Thelephora penicillata hyperaccumulates cadmium and arsenic.[6]

Species

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