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bridal veil stinkhorn

Phallus indusiatus

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 Australia.January 29, February 44, March 65, April 32, May 29, June 6, July 6, August 2, September 1, October 4, November 10, December 19.
Australia247
Brazil195
Queensland191
Mexico118
Colombia84
Costa Rica77
Argentina62
New South Wales56
Indonesia50
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave41

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Stinkhorn fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically stinkhorns.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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