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Skirted Stinkhorn

Phallus duplicatus

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 Ontario.January 8, February 8, March 13, April 25, May 49, June 23, July 17, August 16, September 16, October 53, November 8, December 7.
United States678
Canada420
Ontario204
New York166
Quebec95
Nova Scotia67
Massachusetts57
Vermont50
Maine43
New Hampshire42

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
GenusPhallus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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