Dictyophora indusiata

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Common Name: None

Dictyophora indusiata is a stinkhorn with white stalk and pale yellow cap, covered with slimy spore mass; with a white lacy frill hanging from apex. The other species of Dictyophora in Australia (D. multicolor) has an orange cap and a pink frill with a smaller mesh.

Receptacle/stalk
Up to 180 mm tall, white and spongy with a conical cap covered in a slimy, spore bearing mass with the odour of rotting flesh. The egg remains at the base of the receptacle as a volva. Between the cap and the stem falls a delicate, lacy, white see-through petticoat. The egg stage can be up to 40 mm in diameter.
Habitat
On the ground in rich soil in sheltered spots.
References
Fungi of Australia Vol IA, p. xix, Fig 24.

Distribution map

Map based on Fungimap records to March 2000

Last modified on 28 May 2001

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