Phallus (genus)

Phallus (genus)

Taxobox
name = Stinkhorn


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Common stinkhorn, "Phallus impudicus"
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Phallales
familia = Phallaceae
genus = "Phallus"
genus_authority =Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Phallus duplicatus" "Phallus hadriani" "Phallus impudicus" "Phallus indusiatus" "Phallus ravenelii" "Phallus rubicundus"

The genus "Phallus", commonly known as stinkhorns, are a group of basidiomycetes which produce a foul-scented, phallus-shaped mushroom, from whence their name is derived. They belong to the family Phallaceae in the order Phallales. The best known species (and type species) is the common stinkhorn ("Phallus impudicus").

External links

[http://www.mushroomexpert.com/phallaceae.html Phallaceae] at [http://www.mushroomexpert.com Mushroom Expert] - contain information on this genus


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