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Phallus ravenelii
Stinkhorn fungus from North America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phallus ravenelii, commonly known as Ravenel's stinkhorn,[2] is a fungus in the Phallaceae (stinkhorn) family. It is found in eastern North America. Its mushrooms commonly grow in large clusters and are noted for their foul odor and phallic shape when mature. It is saprobic, and as such it is encountered in a wide variety of habitats rich in wood debris, from forests to mulched gardens or sawdust piles in urban areas. It appears from August to October[citation needed]. The fruit body emerges from a pink or lavender-colored egg to form a tall, cylindrical, hollow and spongy white stalk with a bell-shaped cap[citation needed]. The remains of the egg persist as a white to pink or lilac volva at the base of the stalk. The cap is covered in a foul-smelling olive-green spore slime, which attracts insects that help to spread the spores[citation needed]. Sometimes, the cap has a "veil" attached—a thin membrane that hangs underneath. The lack of a roughly ridged and pitted cap differentiates it from the closely related Phallus impudicus. The fungus is named after Henry William Ravenel, a botanist who first discovered it in 1846, though it remained undescribed until 1873[citation needed]. It is considered to be an edible mushroom while in its egg form[citation needed].
Ravenel's stinkhorn | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Phallales |
Family: | Phallaceae |
Genus: | Phallus |
Species: | P. ravenelii |
Binomial name | |
Phallus ravenelii Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1873) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Aedycia ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Kuntze (1898) |
Phallus ravenelii | |
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![]() | Glebal hymenium |
![]() | Cap is conical |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() | Ecology is saprotrophic |
![]() ![]() | Edibility is edible but not recommended |