Global InformationIleodictyon cibarium information
| Basket fungus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Phallales |
| Family: | Phallaceae |
| Genus: | Ileodictyon |
| Species: | I. cibarium
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| Binomial name | |
| Ileodictyon cibarium Tul. & C. Tul. (1844)
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Ileodictyon cibarium Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Glebal hymenium |
 | No distinct cap |
 | Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable |
| Lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is olive-brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is not recommended |
Ileodictyon cibarium is a saprotrophic species of fungus in the family Phallaceae. It is native to Australia and New Zealand, where it is commonly known as the basket fungus or the white basket fungus, alluding to its fruit bodies, shaped like a round or oval ball with interlaced or latticed branches, resembling polyhedra similar to closed fullerenes.[1] Although the immature spherical fruitbodies are reportedly edible, the mature fruit body is foul-smelling and partly covered with a slime layer containing spores (gleba) on the inner surfaces.
- ^ Gooday, Graham W.; Zerning, John (1997). "Ileodictyon cibarium, The basket fungus as a buckyball". Mycologist. 11 (4): 184–186. doi:10.1016/S0269-915X(97)80105-X. ISSN 0269-915X.