Phallogaster

Phallogaster is a fungal genus in the family Phallogastraceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single sequestrate species Phallogaster saccatus,[1] commonly known as the club-shaped stinkhorn or the stink poke.[2]

Phallogaster
Phallogaster saccatus
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Phallogaster

Morgan (1893)
Type species
Phallogaster saccatus
Morgan (1893)

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 520. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Roody WC. (2003). Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 447. ISBN 0-8131-9039-8.


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