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Phallus tenuissimus

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Phallaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Phallales

Genus
  
Phallus

Similar
  
Phallus calongei, Phallus atrovolvatus, Phallus luteus, Phallus multicolor, Phallus rubicundus

Phallus tenuissimus is a species of fungus in the stinkhorn family. Found in Jingdong Yi Autonomous County in Yunnan, China, it was described as new to science in 2005. Its fruit bodies feature a conical to bell-shaped cap up to 20 mm (0.8 in) high by 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) wide, covered by dark greenish-brown gleba (spore mass). The cap is supported by a slender, cylindrical stipe measuring 50–70 mm (2.0–2.8 in) long and 2–4 mm thick. Its spores are cylindrical, and measure 3.3–4 by 1.1–1.4 µm. The authors place it in the section Reticulati of genus Phallus on account of its reticulate cap.

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Phallus tenuissimus Wikipedia