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Common Stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus | | Scientific classification | | | | Genera | | Clathrus
Mutinus
Phallus
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1315x985, 779 KB) Phallus impudicus Common Stinkhorn photo taken by User:Strobilomyces in a French wood on 5th October 2003 File links The following pages link to this file: Stinkhorn Phallales ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Divisions Chytridiomycota Deuteromycota Zygomycota Glomeromycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota Yellow fungus Fungus growing on a tree in Borneo A fungus (plural fungi) is a eukaryotic organism that digests its food externally and absorbs the nutrient molecules into its cells. ...
Classes Subdivision Teliomycotina Urediniomycetes Subdivision Ustilaginomycotina Ustilaginomycetes Subdivision Hymenomycotina Homobasidiomycetes - mushrooms The Division Basidiomycota is a large taxon within the Kingdom Fungi that includes those species that produce spores in a club_shaped structure called a basidium. ...
Classes Homobasidiomycetes - mushrooms Heterobasidiomycetes - jelly fungi The Subdivision Hymenomycotina (Hymenomycetes) is one of three taxa of the fungal Division Basidiomycota (fungi bearing spores on basidia). ...
former Orders Subclass Homobasidiomycetidae Agaricales Boletales Cantharellales Corticiales Ganodermatales Gomphales Hericiales Hydnales Hymenochaetales Polyporales (Aphyllophorales) Poriales Russulales Schizophyllales Stereales Thelephorales Subclass Gasteromycetidae Lycoperdales Nidulariales Phallales Sclerodermatales Tulostomatales The Class Homobasidiomycetes is a taxonomic division in the Subdivision Hymenomycotina of the Division Basidiomycota (in the Kingdom Fungi). ...
Elegant Stinkhorn, Mutinus elegans. ...
Genera Clathrus Mutinus Phallus Stinkhorns are a type of fungus which produce a foul-scented, rod-shaped mushroom. ...
The Latin word phallus (from the Greek phallos) and its derived adjective phallic, adopted in English and in many modern languages, refers to the penis. ...
| Stinkhorns are a type of fungus which produce a foul-scented, rod-shaped mushroom. They belong to the order Phallales. Their method of reproduction is different than most mushrooms, which use the air to spread their spores. Stinkhorns instead produce a sticky spore mass on their tip which has an odor of carrion, dung, or other things that attract flies. These land on the stinkhorn, getting the spore mass on their legs and inadvertently carrying it to other locations. Divisions Chytridiomycota Deuteromycota Zygomycota Glomeromycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota Yellow fungus Fungus growing on a tree in Borneo A fungus (plural fungi) is a eukaryotic organism that digests its food externally and absorbs the nutrient molecules into its cells. ...
Basidiocarps (mushrooms) of the fungus Leucocoprinus sp. ...
The term spore has several different meanings in biology. ...
Carrion is the carcass of a dead animal that becomes food for other scavenging animals such as hyenas or Tasmanian Devils. ...
Dung can refer to: a synonym of manure (natural fertilizer consisting of animal feces) or the human equivalent Dung, Doubs, a commune in the Doubs département of France The McGillicuddy Serious Party of New Zealand campaigned on a policy of Free Dung, it is not immediately clear which Dung...
As defined by entomologists, a fly (plural flies) is any species of insect of the order Diptera, some of which can land on food and transmit bacteria to humans. ...
 Elegant Stinkhorn, Mutinus elegans. Note the white, egg-like immature stinkhorns around the more mature stalk. These fungi are theoretically edible, but few people have the urge to consume such small, foul-smelling mushrooms. After frying in oil they have a fishy taste, however. Elegant Stinkhorn Mutinus elegans photo taken by zen at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville, May 5, 2002. ...
Elegant Stinkhorn Mutinus elegans photo taken by zen at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville, May 5, 2002. ...
Stinkhorns develop from round structures called 'eggs', which do not stink. They can be seen in the photograph of Mutinus elegans and also in the following photo which shows one cut in half. You can see the whole mature fruiting body compressed into the 'egg' and ready to expand into its adult state.
Image File history File links Cut stinkhorn egg by de:User:Kettelring from own photo archive. Copied from de:Wikipedia. ...
Image File history File links Cut stinkhorn egg by de:User:Kettelring from own photo archive. Copied from de:Wikipedia. ...
Notable Species such as: - Phallus impudicus, The Common Stinkhorn[1]
- Phallus hadriani, (sometimes considered as a subspicies of Phallus impudicus)
- Phallus ravenilii [2]
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