Dictyocephalos
Genus of fungi
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Dictyocephalos is a genus of fungi in the family Phelloriniaceae of the order Agaricales. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Dictyocephalos attenuatus, commonly known as the stalked oddball,[2] which was described by the American botanist Lucien Marcus Underwood in 1901 (as D. curvatus).
| Dictyocephalos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Phelloriniaceae |
| Genus: | Dictyocephalos Underw. ex V.S. White |
| Type species | |
| Dictyocephalos attenuatus Underw. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Dictyocephalos attenuatus is a unique species of mushroom, as it has a gleba like a puffball, but it also has a stipe and a volva, like an Amanita.[2][3] Starting as an underground "egg", the spore case develops up to 13 cm (5 in) across, round and slightly gelatinous at first then flattens and develops brownish scales.[2] This is situated on the white-to-brownish enlarged end of the stem, which can grow up to 40 centimetres (16 in) long. It is inedible.[2]
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