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Public Description of Phallus hadriani Vent.

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Name: Phallus hadriani Vent.
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Description status: Unreviewed

Taxonomic Classification:

Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Phallus


General Description:

Immature fruiting bodies egg-shaped, pink or light purple/violet in color, 3-6 cm diameter.
Mature fruiting bodies phallus-shaped, stipe white, spongy, hollow; cap reticulate, pitted, ridged, covered with olive-green glebal spore mass; volva cup-like, retaining pink color, or browning in age. Odor may be putrid or pleasant, depending on your sensibilities.


Diagnostic Description:

Pink or violet colored volva distinguishes it from Phallus impudicus. Reticulate cap is different than the smooth cap of Phallus ravenelii.


Distribution:

Widespread, cosmopolitan distribution.


Habitat:

Typically found in public areas, like lawns, gardens, in mulch, etc. Also known to grow in sandy areas.


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Uses:

unknown


References:
Notes:

The common name is the dune stinkhorn.

Current Name:
Phallus hadriani Vent., Mém. Inst. nat. Sci. Arts 1: 517 (1798)

Synonymy:
Ithyphallus impudicus var. imperialis (Schulzer) De Toni, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 7: 8 (1888)
Ithyphallus impudicus var. iosmos (Berk.) De Toni, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 7: 9 (1888)
Phallus imperialis Schulzer, in Kalchbrenner, Icon. Sel. Hymenomyc. Hung.: 63, pl. 40, fig. 1 (1873)
Phallus iosmos Berk., in Smith, Engl. Fl., Fungi (Edn 2) (London) 5(2): 227 (1836)


Description author: Robert Sasata (Request Authorship Credit)
Description editors: Nathan Wilson, walt sturgeon


Created: 2009-02-17 08:53:15 WET (+0000) by Robert Sasata (Sasata)
Last modified: 2011-12-03 05:17:16 WET (+0000) by walt sturgeon (Mycowalt)
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