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Summary:
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Fruiting body: at first egg-like, nearly spherical to somewhat flattened, 4.5-7cm high and wide, whitish to pale flesh-colored or pinkish brown, often grooved on lower part, "with one or more thick, whitish to pinkish, often branched rhizomorphs", internally gelatinous; giving rise to distinct head and stem, the head 3.5-5cm wide, 5-7cm high, "oval to conic or bell-shaped, pendant, deeply pitted", with a white-rimmed opening at the top, white, covered with spore slime that is foul-smelling and greenish brown to brownish olive, (Bessette), head with a network of low, thin ridges, (McKnight), head attached at its upper tip to white, mouth-like circlet at top of stem, lower margin of head free, (Lincoff), spore mass is solid then liquid, (Phillips), egg stage with shallow depressions over surface (Barron)
Stem: 9-18.5cm x 3.5-6cm, nearly equal, spongy, hollow; white; roughened; surrounded at the top "by a white, net-like, flaring veil that emerges from beneath the head", (Bessette), skirt 3-6cm long (Arora), tapered upward, often curved, (McKnight), net-like veil (indusium) extending below the cap for about 3-5cm, a light rosy pink color, the perforations being rather regular and about 0.1-0.2cm broad except toward margin where thy become much smaller, (Coker)
Odor: foul-smelling (Bessette), weak to strong, repulsive, (McKnight), fetid (Lincoff(2))
Microscopic: spores 3.5-4.5 x 1-2 microns, elliptic, smooth, colorless, (Bessette)
Habitat / Range
single or in groups on ground in hardwoods or mixed forest, June to October, (Bessette), in rich soil in woods and gardens (Barron)
Similar Species
Phallus hadriani lacks the conspicuous flaring veil. Dictyophora indusiata is a [primarily] tropical species with an even more spectacular larger meshed veil that is "skirtlike or basketlike when fully expanded and touching or nearly touching the ground (6cm or more high)", (Arora).
