Galapagos Species Database
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Clathrus columnatus
Column stinkhorn
Immature basidiomata epigeous, or semi-buried in the soil, globose to subglobose, egg-shaped. Mature basidiomata 3.0–9.8 cm tall, white volva; receptacle with 2–4 spongy columns, free at base and fused at the apex, vibrant red to soft red and orange; black gleba only at the internal superior part, no glebifers (Villalba-Alemán et al., 2023).
Saprotroph, generally occurs in small groups in lawns and pastures, on soil near woody debris in altered ecosystems. Reported in a small banana plantation in Santa Cruz Island (Villalba-Alemán et al., 2023).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Phallales
Family
Phallaceae
Genus
Clathrus
Species
columnatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Colonnaria columnata (Bosc) E. Fisch.
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: This species is found in South America, North America and Asia-Temperate (ColFungi, 2023). Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos (Villalba-Alemán et al., 2023).
- Kirk, P. Ed. (2022) Index Fungorum CABI, CBS, Landcare Research, SBML, Beltsville, British Lichen Society, RBG Kew (Mycology), University of Oslo, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Brussels, New York Botanical Garden, Swedish Museum of Natural History
- ColFungi (2022) Useful Fungi of Colombia. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://colfungi.org/
- Ribeiro, M.S. Cabral, T.S., Souza Melanda, G., Oliveira, R., Baseia, I. & Barbosa da Silva, B. (2022) Phallales fungi (Phallomycetidae, Basidiomycota) in Brazil: First checklist and key specific for the country Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 149(3): 230–252
- López, A. García, J. (2019) Phallales: Clathraceae Clathrus columnatus Funga Veracruzana, 184: 7 pp.
- Campi, M. Trierveiler-Pereira, L. & Maubet Y. (2017) New records of Phallales from Paraguay Mycotaxon, 132: 361-372. https://doi.org/10.5248/132.361
- Dring, D. M. (1980) Contributions towards a Rational Arrangement of the Clathraceae Kew Bulletin, 35(1): 1-96.
- Magnago, A. Trierveiler-Pereira, L. & Neves, M. E. (2013) Phallales (Agaricomycetes, Fungi) from the tropical Atlantic Forest of Brazil The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 140(2):236-244.
- Villalba-Alemán, J. Mayorga, P., Pinto, C.M., Jaramillo Díaz, P. (2023) Confirmed presence of Clathrus columnatus Bosc (Phallales, Clathraceae) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Check List, 19 (5): 727-733. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.727
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"Galapagos Species Database, Clathrus columnatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24716. Accessed 10 February 2025.