Cudonia

Cudonia
Cudonia confusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Cudoniaceae
Genus:	Cudonia Fr. (1849)
Type species
Cudonia circinans (Pers.) Fr. (1849)
Species
C. circinans C. clandestida C. confusa C. grisea C. helvelloides C. japonica C. osterwaldii C. sichuanensis

Cudonia is a genus of fungi within the family Cudoniaceae.[1] The genus is widespread in temperate regions and its species are generally of unknown edibility.[2][3] Cudonia circinans is poisonous and possibly deadly.[4]

References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
3. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 517. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
4. Stevens, Michael Wood & Fred. "California Fungi: Cudonia circinans". www.mykoweb.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.