{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Clathrus_archeri.jpg | image_caption = ''Clathrus archeri'' | taxon = Clathrus | authority= P.Micheli ex L. (1753) | type_species = ''Clathrus ruber'' | type_species_authority = P.Micheli ex Pers. (1801) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlMycoBank:Clathrus"/> | synonyms = * ''Cletria'' <small>P.Browne (1756)</small> * ''Anthurus'' <small>Kalchbr. & MacOwan (1800)</small> * ''Colonnaria'' <small>Raf. (1808)</small> * ''Dycticia'' <small>Raf. (1808)</small> * ''Aserophallus'' <small>Lepr. & Mont. (1845)</small> * ''Stephanophallus'' <small>MacOwan (1880)</small> * ''Clathrella'' <small>E.Fisch. (1898)</small> * ''Linderia'' <small>G.Cunn. (1931)</small> * ''Linderiella'' <small>G.Cunn. (1941)</small>}}
'''''Clathrus''''' is a genus of fungi of the family Phallaceae, the stinkhorn fungi. Mature fruit bodies are covered with olive-brown slimy gleba, containing spores, that attract flies. These fungi are saprobic (feeding on dead organic matter) and are common in mulch.
==Species== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Clathrus archeri'', octopus stinkhorn * ''Clathrus baumii'' * ''Clathrus bicolumnatus'' * ''Clathrus cameroensis'' * ''Clathrus cancellatum'', cancer stinkhorn, striker * ''Clathrus cheriar'' * ''Clathrus chrysomycelinus'' * ''Clathrus columnatus'' * ''Clathrus crispus'' * ''Clathrus crispatus'' * ''Clathrus cristatus'' * ''Clathrus delicatus'' * ''Clathrus hainanensis'' * ''Clathrus kusanoi'' * ''Clathrus mauritianus'' * ''Clathrus oahuensis'' * ''Clathrus preussi'' * ''Clathrus roseovolvatus''<ref name="Lécuru 2013"/> * ''Clathrus ruber'' (type species) * ''Clathrus transvaalensis'' * ''Clathrus treubii'' * ''Clathrus xiningensis'' }}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Lécuru 2013">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lécuru C, Mornand J, ((Fiard J-P)), ((Moreau P-A)), Courtecuisse C |title=''Clathrus roseovolvatus'', a new phalloid fungus of the Caribbean |journal=Cryptogamie, Mycologie |year=2013 |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=35–44 |doi=10.7872/crym.v34.iss1.2013.35}}</ref> <ref name="urlMycoBank:Clathrus">{{cite web |url=http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=19069 |title=''Clathrus'' P. Micheli ex L. 1753 |publisher=International Mycological Association |work=MycoBank |accessdate=2010-10-29 |archive-date=2012-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317232709/http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=19069 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Clathrus|''Clathrus''}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Clathrus|''Clathrus''}} * {{cite web |title=''Clathrus'' P.Micheli ex L. |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:19069}}
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Category:Agaricomycetes genera Category:Phallales
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