Phallus multicolor
Phallus multicolor | |
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Phallus multicolor in Nouméa, New Caledonia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Phallales |
Family: | Phallaceae |
Genus: | Phallus |
Species: | P. multicolor
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Binomial name | |
Phallus multicolor | |
Synonyms | |
Dictyophora multicolor Berk. & Broome (1883) |
Phallus multicolor is a species of fungus in the family Phallaceae or "stinkhorns".
Description and range[]
It is similar in overall appearance to Phallus indusiatus, but it has a more brightly coloured cap, stipe and indusium, and it is usually smaller. It is found in Australia, Guam, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Zaire, and Tobago[1] as well as Hawaii and New Caledonia.
References[]
- ^ Burk WR, Smith DR. (1978). "Dictyophora multicolor, new to Guam". Mycologia. 70 (6): 1258–9. doi:10.2307/3759327. JSTOR 3759327.
External links[]
Categories:
- Fungi described in 1882
- Fungi of Africa
- Fungi of Australia
- Taxa named by Miles Joseph Berkeley
- Taxa named by Christopher Edmund Broome
- Phallales stubs