Anthurus
borealis. A common stinkhorn found in coastal areas of
California. the slimy gleba is found on the surface of arms.
Phallus
impudicus (old specimen). The slimy gleba is nearly non-existent
on the surface of the pileus of this specimen.
Orders of Gasteromycetes:
Gautieriales, Hymenogastrales, Lycoperdales, Melanogastrales, Nidulariales, Phallales, Podaxales Sclerodermatales, Tulostomatales,
PHALLALES: basidiomes epigeous; hymenium present; peridium 1-layered; gleba slimy; spores dark; the stinkhorns, a name derived from the odor emitted from the gleba as mature spores are produced. Flies feed on the gleba portions and the spores stick to the surface of the fly.
Anthurus
borealis. A common stinkhorn found in coastal areas of
California. the slimy gleba is found on the surface of arms.
Phallus
impudicus (old specimen). The slimy gleba is nearly non-existent
on the surface of the pileus of this specimen.
classification for Basidiomycotina
rusts and smuts, jelly fungi (tremellales), jelly fungi (dacrymycetales), agaricales, aphyllophorales, gasteromycetes
genus and species
introductory features for Basidiomycotina