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Wrinkly Stinkhorn

Satyrus rugulosus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 17, June 88, July 71, August 75, September 113, October 62, November 2, December 0.
New York428
Pennsylvania327
Virginia322
North Carolina297
Maryland233
China188
New Jersey173
Ontario150
Texas145
Ohio108

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Stinkhorn fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically stinkhorns.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Orderstinkhorns and allies · Phallales
Familystinkhorns · Phallaceae
GenusSatyrus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Wrinkly Stinkhorn with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.