Calostoma fuscum (Berk.) Massee is a fungus in the Calostomataceae family, order Boletales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.
Calostoma fuscum (Berk.) Massee
Calostoma fuscum is a Sclerodermataceae gasteroid fungus found in Australian Eucalyptus forests, first described in 1839 and reclassified in 1888.
Calostoma fuscum (published as (Berk.) Massee) is a gasteroid fungus species that belongs to the family Sclerodermataceae. This fungus is found in Australia, and it grows primarily in Eucalyptus forests. It was first formally described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1839, under the name Mitremyces fuscus. In 1888, George Edward Massee moved the species from the genus Mitremyces to the genus Calostoma.
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