Phallus duplicatus (common name, netted stinkhorn, Short Skirted Stinkhorn or wood witch) is a species of fungus in the stinkhorn family. The bell-shaped to oval cap is green-brown and the cylindrical stalk is white. When mature, the cap becomes sticky with a slimy green coating, which attracts flies that disperse its spores, and a distinct, "netted" universal veil. It often grows in public lawns, and can also be found in meadows. The fungus is edible when still in the "egg" stage, before the fruit body has expanded.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Skirted Stinkhorn being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Phallus sibiricus
- Phallus impudicus
- Phallus hadriani
- Phallus granulosodenticulatus
- Phallus merulinus
- Phallus atrovolvatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Phallales
- Family
- Phallaceae
- Genus
- Phallus
- Species
- Phallus duplicatus
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