FoQ – Stinkhorns and Cage Fungi

These are fungi that smell unpleasant as they attract flies to spread their spores. These may be phallic, anemone or cage-shaped when mature and egg-shaped when immature.

Photo: Phallus multicolor (© Susan Nelles)

Genus	Species	Download
*Aseroë*	Aseroë arachnoidea Aseroë rubra	[.pdf] [.pdf]
*Clathrus*	Clathrus sp.	[.pdf]
*Colus*	Colus hirudinosus Colus pusillus	[.pdf] [.pdf]
*Ileodictyon*	Ileodictyon cibarium Ileodictyon gracile	[.pdf] [.pdf]
*Itajahya*	Itajahya galericulata	[.pdf]
*Lysurus*	Lysurus cruciatus Lysurus gardneri Lysurus mokusin	[.pdf] [.pdf] [.pdf]
Mutinus	Mutinus spp. Mutinus boninensis	[.pdf] [.pdf]
*Phallus*	Phallus indusiatus Phallus multicolor Phallus rubicundus	[.pdf] [.pdf] [.pdf]
*Pseudocolus*	Pseudocolus fusiformis Pseudocolus garciae	[.pdf] [.pdf]