Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales Family: Phallaceae
Species: Mutinus caninus (Huds.) Fr.
Synonyms: Cynophallus caninus
Ithyphallus inodorus
Phallus caninus
Phallus inodorus
Common Name: Dog Stinkhorn


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Mutinus caninusPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (8)
Corylus avellana (4)
Picea abies (3)
Quercus (2)
Castanea sativa (1)
Carex (1)
Larix (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (6)
Woodland (5)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (15)
Soil Leaves (3)
Soil Grassy (2)
Soil Needle (2)
Dead Wood (1)
Leaf Litter (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (5)
March (2)
August (6)
September (15)
October (10)
November (2)