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Phallales is an order of basidiomycotic fungi. Members include the earth stars, and the stinkhorns in the genus Phallus.
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Mutinus caninus, the Dog Stinkhorn - Tom Volk provides photographs and much information on this foul-smelling species. Geastraceae - Article from Wikipedia on this family of Earthstars, which include the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma. Phallales - Article from Wikipedia on this order which includes the stinkhorns but now also the earthstars, the coral fungi, some false truffles, club fungi, and chanterelloid fungi. Gomphaceae - Article from Wikipedia describing this diverse family which includes eleven genera. Also two photographs of the Club Fungus, Clavariadelphus ligula, and one of Gomphus clavatus. Phallaceae - Article with several photographs from Wikipedia on this family of foul-smelling fungi which rely on flies to spread their spores. Coral fungus - Photograph of Ramaria stricta and information from Wikipedia on this family of Coral Fungi which consists of seven genera. Clathrus archeri - Several photographs of this colorful, star-shaped species. Stinkhorn Egg - Image of the cross section of a developing stinkhorn, Mutinus ravenelii, which takes about half an hour to expand and become fully mature. Mutinus elegans: How to Hatch a Stinkhorn Egg - Account by George Barron of how he located and succeeded in photographing fruitbodies of this species. Sphaerobolus stellatus, the Cannonball Fungus - Article by Tom Volk on this interesting species, with an animated drawing of how it can shoot its spore mass a considerable distance. Gasteromycetes Key - A list of many of the fungi in this group, which includes puffballs and earthstars, with photographs of each. Clathrus cf. preussii - This species was photographed in Puerto Rico. Clathrus cf. crispus - This species, photographed in the British Virgin Islands. Dictyophora duplicata - Photograph of the netted stinkhorn emerging from its egg. Dictyophora duplicata - Article by Tom Volk on the Veiled or Netted Stinkhorn and other species which rely on flies for the dissemination of their spores. Aseroe rubra - Several photographs of this strange species. Gomphaceae - Photographs of several species of Ramaria. Phallus impudicus - Several photographs of this fungus and photographs of its typical habitat and the insects that spread its spores. Clathrus - Photograph of this labyrinthiform stinkhorn.
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