Living Beings

    family · Scientific classification

    Clathraceae

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    Source-identified Clathrus ruber; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    Red Cage Fungus · Matej Frančeškin · CC BY 4.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomFungi
    4. PhylumBasidiomycota
    5. ClassAgaricomycetes
    6. OrderPhallales
    7. FamilyClathraceae
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Fungi kingdom
    5. Dikarya subkingdom
    6. Basidiomycota phylum
    7. Agaricomycotina subphylum
    8. Agaricomycetes class
    9. Phallomycetidae subclass
    10. Phallales order
    11. Clathraceae family

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    Clathrus · genus

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    Published profiles

    Source-identified Clathrus ruber; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    Species · Clathrus

    Red Cage Fungus

    Clathrus ruber

    The red cage fungus is a stinkhorn that produces a hollow, lattice-like fruiting body. Its unusual architecture helps present a spore-bearing, odorous …