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208 - Stinkhorn
mushroom
DATE Unknown
SCIENTIFIC NAME Phallus impudicus
SIZE Unknown
LOCATION Unknown
NOTES Phallus impudicus is a common and widely distributed stinkhorn. It was named by a French mycological pioneer with a French sense of humor. He may have found a specimen like the one photographed by Konnie Robertson, here above. At any rate, like the other stinkhorns, Phallus impudicus covers its tip with a foul smelling and spore-laden slime; flies are attracted to it, and carry the spores away as they continue on their little fly adventures.

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