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The Stinkhorn Hall of Fame


Nothing provokes more e-mails to MushroomExpert.Com than stinkhorns popping up unexpectedly in people's yards. Below are some of the many photos sent in by our readers. Sometimes one wonders why Georgia O'Keeffe never painted stinkhorns . . .


Lysurus mokusin
An Australian gully skink enjoying Lysurus mokusin

Aseroe rubra
Aseröe rubra

Clathrus columnatus
Clathrus columnatus

Clathrus columnatus
Clathrus columnatus

Mutinus elegans
Mutinus caninus

Phallus hadriani
Phallus hadriani

Mutinus caninus
Mutinus caninus

Lysurus mokusin
Lysurus mokusin

Phallus ravenelii
Phallus ravenelii

Phallus ravenelii
Phallus ravenelii

Mutinus elegans
Mutinus elegans

Clathrus crispus
Clathrus crispus

Clathrus crispus
Clathrus crispus

Clathrus columnatus
Clathrus columnatus

Lysurus periphragmoides
Lysurus periphragmoides

Clathrus sp
Clathrus species. This goes in the Hall of Fame because it was
mailed to me (parcel post, mind you) from Florida.
I was too scared to open the container.



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Kuo, M. (2006, September). The Stinkhorn Hall of Fame. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/stinkhorn_hall.html

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