Fungi Key – Queensland’s Stinkhorns
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This is a trial key for Queensland’s Stinkhorns. |
| 1. | Receptacle (fruit-body) finger-shaped, without arms. Gleba (spore mass) is carried on the upper section of the receptacle, either on a cap-like structure or directly on the stipe. | 2 |
| 1.* | Receptacle with arms that may be short or long, simple or forked, joined at the tips, or branched and joined to make a latticed cage. Gleba is carried on the inner or upper surface of the arms. | 7 |
| 2. | Cap-like structure on top of stipe. | 3 |
| 2.* | Cap-like structure absent. | 6 |
| 3. | Indusium (net-like veil) present below cap, stipe white or yellowish. | 4 |
| 3.* | Indusium absent. | 5 |
| 4. | Indusium white, cream or pale yellow. | Phallus indusiatus |
| 4.* | Indusium a rich yellow, orange or salmon. | Phallus multicolor |
| 5. | Cap and stipe colour red or pink. | Phallus rubicundus |
| 5.* | Cap and stipe colour white, "pom pom" on top of cap. | Itajahya galericulata |
| 6. | Gleba appears to be on a continuation of stipe, indusium absent. | Mutinus sp. |
| 7. | Arms united to form a latticed cage. | 8 |
| 7.* | Arms don’t form a latticed cage. (Can be forked or joined at the tips.) | 11 |
| 8. | Cage colour yellow to red, with a stipe at base, arm surface wrinkled. | 9 |
| 8.* | Cage colour white, usually without a stipe, arm surface may be smooth or wrinkled. | 10 |
| 9. | Cage meshes are large all over. | Colus pusillus |
| 9.* | Cage meshes suddenly change to small meshes at the top. | Colus hirudinosus |
| 10. | Arms of cage slender, smooth, flattened, thickened at joins. | Ileodictyon gracile |
| 10.* | Arms of cage broad, wrinkled, elliptical cross-section, not thickened at joins. | Ileodictyon cibarium |
| 11. | Membranous disc covers top of stipe, disc may be perforated, arms attached to edge of disc. | 12 |
| 11.* | Disc absent, arms attached to top of hollow stipe. | 13 |
| 12. | Arms forked (or paired), from white to red in colour. | Aseroë rubra |
| 12.* | Arms not forked (or paired), white in colour. | Aseroë arachnoidea |
| 13. | Arms as long as, or longer than stipe. | 14 |
| 13.* | Arms much shorter than stipe. | 16 |
| 14. | Colour yellowish to reddish. | Pseudocolus fusiformis |
| 14.* | Colour white. | 15 |
| 15. | 3 to 4 arms. | Pseudocolus garciae |
| 15.* | 5 to 6 arms. | Clathrus sp. |
| 16. | Stipe is fluted with vertical ribs, arms typically joined together at tips. | Lysurus mokusin |
| 16.* | Stipe is cylindrical without ribs, arms free or joined at tips. | 17 |
| 17. | Arms usually joined at tips, upper part of arm deeply wrinkled – base is smoother. | Lysurus gardneri |
| 17.* | Arms not joined at tips, arm deeply wrinkled for the entire length. | Lysurus cruciatus |
Edited by: Susan Nelles and Vanessa Ryan.
Adapted from: Joan Cribb and others.
Created for QMS Gasteromycetes Workshop 2013
Version date: November 2015