Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales Family: Phallaceae
Species: Phallus impudicus var. impudicus L.
Synonyms: Dictyophora indusiata
Ithyphallus impudicus
Phallus foetidus
Phallus impudicus
Phallus impudicus var. indusiata
Phallus impudicus var. indusiatus
Phallus indusiatus
Common Name: Stinkhorn


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Phallus impudicus var. impudicusPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (30)
Picea sitchensis (7)
Corylus avellana (7)
Pinus (4)
Betula (3)
Picea abies (2)
Larix (2)
Betula pendula (1)
Abies procera (1)
Abies grandis (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Quercus (1)
Rhododendron ponticum (1)
Tsuga heterophylla (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (17)
Woodland and scrub (14)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (12)
Woodland: broadleaved (8)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (8)
Woodland (7)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (5)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Bog: raised (1)
Boundaries: intact hedge (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Improved grassland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Scrub (1)
Wet dwarf shrub heath (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (53)
Soil Leaves (25)
Soil Needle (15)
Soil Grassy (3)
Soil Mossy (2)
Leaf Litter (1)
Rotting Wood (1)
Soil bare (1)
Soil Peat (1)
Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (14)
March (2)
April (3)
May (5)
June (4)
July (22)
August (35)
September (38)
October (42)
November (4)