Phallus flavocostatus is an East Asian species of fungus in the stinkhorn family. First described as Ithyphallus costatus by Otto Albert Julius Penzig in 1899, it was transferred to the genus Phallus by Curtis Gates Lloyd in 1909. It was given a new name by Hanns Kreisel in 1996.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Phallus flavocostatus 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Phallales
- Family
- Phallaceae
- Genus
- Phallus
- Species
- Phallus flavocostatus
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