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Pseudocolus
Sign in to savePseudocolus is a genus of fungi in the stinkhorn family. The fruit bodies have three or four simple arms that are initially joined at the tip, but often break apart. The tips of the arms are covered with a slimy, foul-smelling gleba, which attracts insects that help disperse the spores. The genus contains three species: the type Pseudocolus fusiformis, P. garciae, similar in appearance to the type but with a pinkish to red, rather than orange color, and P. grandis, found in India.
Species
devil's-fingers
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderPhallales
- FamilyPhallaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Phallaceae
- Collections
- TENN-F, UFRGS, NCU, ILL
- Recorded in
- Turkey, Brasil, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phallaceae
- Image
- Pseudocolus fusiformis 423862.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pseudocolus
- taxon name
- Pseudocolus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pseudocolus
- taxon author citation
- Lloyd
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- Distribution
- References
Pseudocolus is a genus of fungi in the stinkhorn family. The fruit bodies have three or four simple arms that are initially joined at the tip, but often break apart. The tips of the arms are covered with a slimy, foul-smelling gleba, which attracts insects that help disperse the spores. The genus contains three species: the type Pseudocolus fusiformis, P. garciae, similar in appearance to the type but with a pinkish to red, rather than orange color, and P. grandis, found in India.
==Taxonomy==
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