Mutinus elegans

Mutinus elegans

Mutinus elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phallales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Basidiomycota Subdivisio: Agaricomycotina Classis: Agaricomycetes Subclassis: Phallomycetidae Ordo: Phallales

Familia: Phallaceae
Genus: Mutinus
Species: Mutinus elegans

Name

Mutinus elegans (Montagne) E. Fisch. Syll. Fung. 7: 13. 1888

Synonyms

• Caromyxa elegans Mont. (1856)
• Caryomyxa elegans Mont. (1856)
• Corynites elegans Mont. (1856, Basionym)

Vernacular names

English: Elegant stinkhorn, Dog stinkhorn, Devil's dipstick
français: Satyre élégant, Phalle élégant
日本語: タヌキノベニエフデ, 狸紅絵筆

Distribution

North America (Quebec to Florida and west to the Great Lakes, Iowa and Texas)
Europe (The Netherlands)
Asia (Japan)

References

Primary references

• Montagne, J.F.C. 1856. Sylloge generum specierumque cryptogamarum quas in variis operibus descriptas iconibusque illustratas, nunc ad diagnosim reductas, nonnullasque novas interjectas, ordine systematico disposuit.: [I]–XXIV + 1–498. J.-B. Baillière, Paris. BHL Reference page.  [see page 281]
• E. Fisch. Syll. Fung. 7: 13. 1888. BHL

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