Calocera

Calocera is a fungal genus in the Dacrymycetes order. It is widely distributed and contains 15 species.^[3][4]

Calocera
Calocera cornea growing on a log
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Dacrymycetes
Order:	Dacrymycetales
Family:	Dacrymycetaceae
Genus:	Calocera (Fr.) Fr. (1825)[1]
Type species
Clavaria viscosa (Pers.) Fr. (1827)
Species
15, see text
Synonyms[2]
Clavaria subgen. Calocera Fr. (1821) Caloceras Fr. ex Wallr. (1833) Dacryomitra Tul. & C.Tul. (1872)

Etymology

Calocera is derived from the Greek words kalós, "beautiful", and kéras, "horn".^[5] In English it is called stagshorn, which also describes its similarity with the horn of an animal.^[6]

Species

• Calocera australis
• Calocera bambusicola
• Calocera clavata
• Calocera cornea
• Calocera furcata
• Calocera fusca
• Calocera glossoides
• Calocera guepinioides
• Calocera lutea
• Calocera pallidospathulata
• Calocera sinensis
• Calocera viscosa