Phallus impudicus var impudicus L.
(Stinkhorn)

Interactions where Phallus impudicus var impudicus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decaying litter [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Phallales/Phallaceae/Phallus impudicus var. impudicus/Phallus impudicus var. impudicusstinkhornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdecayinglitter

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Phallus impudicus var impudicus (Stinkhorn) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phallus impudicus var impudicus (Stinkhorn) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyPhallus impudicus var impudicus (Stinkhorn)
SpeciesPhallus impudicus (Stinkhorn, Common Stinkhorn)
GenusPhallus (stinkhorns)
FamilyPHALLACEAE (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
OrderPHALLALES (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
SubclassPHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phallus impudicus var impudicus (Stinkhorn)

Phallus impudicus var impudicus (Stinkhorn) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Boa, E. 1988 Edible Stinkhorns? Mycologist Vol 02 (3): 107-108.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Phallus impudicus var impudicus (Stinkhorn):

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