''Thelephora anthocephala'' is a species of
coral fungus
The clavarioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having erect, simple or branched basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the ground, on decaying vegetation, or on dead wood. They are colloquially called club fungi a ...
in the family
Thelephoraceae. It was originally
described as new to science in 1786 by French botanist
Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard
Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard (; 24 November 1752 in Aubepierre-sur-Aube Haute-Marne – 26 September 1793 in Paris), also known simply as Pierre Bulliard, was a French physician and botanist.
Bulliard studied in Langres, where he b ...
, who placed it in the genus ''
Clavaria''.
Elias Fries
Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to hundreds of fungus and lichen sp ...
transferred it to ''
Thelephora'' in his 1838 work ''Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici''.
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Fungi described in 1786
Fungi of Asia
Fungi of Europe
Fungi of North America
anthocephala
Fungus species
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