DrDNA Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Does anyone know the species of this mushroom which I found on the on the UT Knoxville campus. Its morphology is curiously suspicious and I suspect that humans might be involved, somehow, in its reproduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Looks like a close cousin of the Phallus drewesii. Regardless, it's in the Phallales order of fungi, so I'd start my search there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDNA Posted June 12, 2010 Author Share Posted June 12, 2010 Good guess, but that one grows in the tropics (a la West Africa) and is only two inches long. This one was about 6-8 inches and was seen in Knoxville TN on a chilly spring morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=phallales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDNA Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 iNow. I was under the (wrong) impression that there was just one type of Phallus shroom....the 2 incher that was discovered recently in West Africa. I thought that this one was a completely divergent species. Thanks for pointing this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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