Living Beings

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    Clathrus ruber

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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
    8. GenusClathrus
    9. SpeciesClathrus ruber
    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
    12. Clathrus genus
    13. Clathrus ruber species

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

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    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    No direct child records in this snapshot.

    Within this taxon

    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 …