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Coral Stinkhorn

Lysurus corallocephalus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) cdzerefos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 8, February 3, March 13, April 29, May 7, June 12, July 10, August 13, September 6, October 6, November 10, December 9.
South Africa126
Western Cape46
KwaZulu-Natal31
Eastern Cape27
Limpopo8
Mpumalanga7
Kenya6
Gauteng4
Narok4
Tanzania3

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

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Orderstinkhorns and allies · Phallales
FamilyLysuraceae
GenusLysurus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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