Common stinkhorn
Phallus impudicus
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Phallus impudicus
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Phallales
- Family
- Phallaceae
- Under the cap
- Spores inside
- Cap
- Conical
- Stem
- Volva
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest, Gardens
- Spore print
- Olive
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its slimy olive tip smells of rotting meat, which attracts flies that carry its spores away.
- Young stinkhorns hatch from a soft white egg and can reach full height within hours.
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- Devils fingers
Clathrus archeri
- Satans bolete
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- False chanterelle
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q48188 · All fungi · All entries