AGARICOMYCETES
Mushroom class
- Majority of edible mushrooms
- Domesticated: shiitake, oyster mushrooms
- Wild-collected: chanterelles, matsutake
- Some toxic, hallucinogenic, bioluminescent
Phallus rubicundus
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Scleroderma citrinum
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Order
Phallales Family Phallaceae Genus Phallus Junis ex 1753 Species Phallus rubicundus (Bosc) Fr. 1826 |
Native to tropical North America
Appears from June to September in wood-chip mulch
Pops up in early morning, collapses by noon
NOT edible, though not toxic
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