Phallus multicolor
Phallus multicolor is a species of fungus in the family Phallaceae or "stinkhorns".
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| Phallus multicolor in Nouméa, New Caledonia | |
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| Genus: | Phallus |
| Species: | P. multicolor |
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Dictyophora multicolor Berk. & Broome (1883) | |
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.
At Kandalama
gollark: I've got a 30G inbred aeon and 14G or red somewhere.
gollark: I can send along my messiest dragons for you.
gollark: They have CBs. I wonder why they bred it with a 2G. Probably an accident.
gollark: Now the eternal wait and wondering begins.
gollark: I offered my spare CB Magma. That prize is probably worth *something*.
References
- Burk WR, Smith DR. (1978). "Dictyophora multicolor, new to Guam". Mycologia. 70 (6): 1258–9. doi:10.2307/3759327. JSTOR 3759327.
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