Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Stinkhorn

Phallus rubicundus

Habitat:

Forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

Stinkhorn
Phallus rubicundus Phallus rubicundus (MushroomExpert.Com)


Sign in to suggest organism ID

1 Comment

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

Beautiful and stinky! This stinkhorn is distinguished by the spore mass being on a separate head. The spores have a distinct odor to attract flies. The flies spread the spores to new places. Nice find. I find the stinkhorn mushrooms to be very attractive.

LuckyLogan
Spotted by
LuckyLogan

Iowa, USA

Spotted on Jun 24, 2014
Submitted on Jun 24, 2014

Related Spottings

Phallus luteus Phallus rubicundus Common Stinkhorn Common stinkhorn

Nearby Spottings

Spined Micrathena Spotting Downy Woodpecker Funerary Dagger - Hodges#9221
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team