Phallaceae

Phallus impudicus L.

Phallus impudicus, the common stinkhorn, is a fast-growing fungus that attracts insects to spread its spores.

Phallus ravenelii Berk. & M.A.Curtis

Phallus ravenelii, Ravenel's stinkhorn, is a foul-smelling saprobic stinkhorn fungus widespread in eastern North America.

Phallus hadriani Vent.

Phallus hadriani is a short-lived stinkhorn fungus that relies on insects for spore dispersal, recorded across multiple continents.

Phallus indusiatus Vent.

Phallus indusiatus is a tropical saprobic stinkhorn mushroom with a characteristic net-like indusium, used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Phallus rubicundus (Bosc) Fr.

Phallus rubicundus is a saprobic stinkhorn fungus with documented traditional human uses and potential for mosquito biocontrol.

Phallus luteus (Liou & L.Hwang) T.Kasuya

Phallus luteus is a widely distributed stinkhorn fungus species reclassified into the Phallus genus in 2009.

Phallus multicolor (Berk. & Broome) Cooke, 1882

Phallus multicolor is a stinkhorn fungus similar to Phallus indusiatus, found across tropical and subtropical regions.

Phallus atrovolvatus Kreisel & Calonge

Phallus atrovolvatus is a Costa Rican stinkhorn fungus first described scientifically in 2005.

Phallus haitangensis H.Li Li, P.E.Mortimer, J.C.Xu & K.D.Hyde

Phallus haitangensis is a Phallus genus fungus first documented in 2016 in Yunnan, China.

Mutinus caninus (Schaeff.) Fr.

Mutinus caninus, the dog stinkhorn, is a small phalloid fungus common in Europe, Britain, and eastern North America, found in woodland habitats.

Mutinus elegans (Mont.) E.Fisch.

Mutinus elegans is a common saprobic stinkhorn fungus with a colored hollow stalk and foul-smelling spore mass.

Mutinus ravenelii (Berk.) E.Fisch.

Ravenel's red stinkhorn (Mutinus ravenelii) is a Phallaceae stinkhorn fungus often confused with M. elegans and M. caninus.

Staheliomyces cinctus E.Fisch.

Staheliomyces cinctus is a stinkhorn fungus found from southern Mexico to southern Brazil that attracts visiting stingless bees that collect its gleba.

Itajahya galericulata Möller

Itajahya galericulata is a rarely observed saprobic stinkhorn species found in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide.

Lysurus mokusin (L.) Fr.

Lysurus mokusin is a foul-smelling saprobic fungus edible in its immature egg stage, used as food and medicine in China.

Lysurus cruciatus (Lepr. & Mont.) Henn.

Lizard's-claw stinkhorn, Lysurus cruciatus, is a foul-smelling stinkhorn fungus that may be edible in its immature egg stage.

Lysurus periphragmoides (Klotzsch) Dring

Lysurus periphragmoides is a pantropical stinkhorn fungus, edible only as immature eggs, with a distinctive latticed mature cap.

Clathrus archeri (Berk.) Dring

Clathrus archeri is a saprotrophic stinkhorn fungus with distinct growth stages, native to the Southern Hemisphere and invasive globally.

Clathrus columnatus Bosc

Clathrus columnatus is a saprobic stinkhorn fungus with a fetid odor, known for its columnar, arching fruit bodies.

Clathrus ruber P.Micheli ex Pers.

Clathrus ruber is a foul-smelling saprobic stinkhorn fungus with a red lattice-like mature fruiting body.

Clathrus chrysomycelinus Möller

Clathrus chrysomycelinus is a stinkhorn fungus found in South America and reported from New Zealand, reaching up to 60mm across and 100mm tall.

Clathrus roseovolvatus Lécuru, Mornand, Fiard & Courtec.

Clathrus roseovolvatus is a 2013-described stinkhorn family fungus found in South America and the Caribbean.

Clathrus cristatus Fazolino, Calonge & Baseia

Clathrus cristatus is a stinkhorn fungus species found in Brazil, first described scientifically in 2010.

Pseudocolus fusiformis (E.Fisch.) Lloyd

Pseudocolus fusiformis is a stinkhorn fungus with a fetid odor that attracts insects for spore dispersal, found worldwide in forests and mulched landscapes.