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 periphragmoides

Colus pusillus

Clathrus crispus

Phallus rubicundus

Lysurus periphragmoides

Phallus indusiatus

Clathrus crispus

Phallus hadriani

An Australian gully skink enjoying Lysurus mokusin

Aseröe rubra

Clathrus columnatus

Clathrus columnatus

Mutinus caninus

Phallus hadriani

Mutinus caninus

Lysurus mokusin

Phallus ravenelii

Phallus ravenelii

Mutinus elegans

Clathrus crispus

Clathrus crispus

Clathrus columnatus

Lysurus periphragmoides

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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