Clathrus ruber P. Micheli
latticed stinkhorn
Phallaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
latticed stinkhorn
Phallaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Most of the stinkhorns are covered under the Clubs category, but Clathrus ruber clearly cannot be considered a Club-like fungus. Features of this stinkhorn include 1) origin from a white "egg" which ruptures forming a volva, 2) mature fruiting body like an orange to red latticed ball, and 3) olive brown spore slime with a powerful stench.
Microscopic:
spores 5-6 x 1.5-2.5 microns, oblong, smooth, (Arora), spores 4-6 x 1.5-2 microns, bacilloid, (Dring)
Notes:
It has been reported from BC (in Redhead), OR (Paul Whitney via R. Bishop, pers. comm), found in CA (Arora), and recorded from Azores, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Russia, and Yugoslavia, (Dring).
Habitat and Range
Habitat
"solitary to densely gregarious or clustered in soil, wood chips, rich humus, etc.", (Arora), single or in small groups in woods, in grasslands, or in greenhouses, spring to late summer, (Lincoff), summer to fall (Buczacki)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Clathrus cancellatus Tourn. ex Fr.
Gloiocephala caricis (P. Karst.) Bas
Marasmius caricicola Kauffman apud Pennington