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Cage Stinkhorns
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Cage Stinkhorns

Clathrus

Clathrus is a genus of fungi of the family Phallaceae, the stinkhorn fungi. As with other members of the family, mature fruit bodies are covered with olive-brown slimy gleba, containing spores, that attracts flies. These fungi are saprobic (feeding on dead organic matter) and are common in mulch.

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24 branches of this genus, most-observed first

red-cage fungus

speciesClathrus ruber

devil's-fingers

speciesClathrus archeri

column stinkhorn

speciesClathrus columnatus

Wiffle Ball Stinkhorn

speciesClathrus crispus

Clathrus chrysomycelinus

speciesClathrus chrysomycelinus

Clathrus cristatus

speciesClathrus cristatus

Arched Stinkhorn

speciesClathrus bicolumnatus

Clathrus roseovolvatus

speciesClathrus roseovolvatus

Clathrus delicatus

speciesClathrus delicatus

Lattice Cage Stinkhorn

speciesClathrus transvaalensis

Clathrus natalensis

speciesClathrus natalensis

Clathrus argentinus

speciesClathrus argentinus

Clathrus crispatus

speciesClathrus crispatus

Clathrus camerunensis

speciesClathrus camerunensis

Clathrus treubii

speciesClathrus treubii

Clathrus baumii

speciesClathrus baumii

Clathrus kusanoi

speciesClathrus kusanoi

Clathrus madagascariensis

speciesClathrus madagascariensis

Clathrus mauritianus

speciesClathrus mauritianus

Clathrus sp. 'RE01'

speciesClathrus sp. 'RE01'

Clathrus mexicanus

speciesClathrus mexicanus

Clathrus xiningensis

speciesClathrus xiningensis

Clathrus pseudocancellatus

speciesClathrus pseudocancellatus

Clathrus affinis

speciesClathrus affinis

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Cage Stinkhorns in Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series

Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series

Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.372

Cage Stinkhorns in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.221

Cage Stinkhorns in Ten Books of Exotic Things

Ten Books of Exotic Things

Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.488

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51137.