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Dictyocephalos is a genus of fungi in the family Phelloriniaceae of the order Agaricales. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Dictyocephalos attenuatus, commonly known as the stalked oddball, which was described by the American botanist Lucien Marcus Underwood in 1901 (as D. curvatus).

Dictyocephalos attenuatus is a unique species of mushroom, as it has a gleba like a puffball, but it also has a stipe and a volva, like an Amanita.

References

DictyocephalosMycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	Cap is depressed
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Stipe has a volva
	Edibility is inedible

1. "Dictyocephalos Underw. 1901". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
2. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
3. fundis.org/images/PDF/Dictyocephalos-attenuatus_trifold-web.pdf

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