Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Phallales Family: Phallaceae
Species: Mutinus caninus (Huds.) Fr.
Synonyms: Cynophallus caninus
Ithyphallus inodorus
Phallus caninus
Phallus inodorus
Common Name: Dog Stinkhorn
Provisional European Red List: C - Scattered Populations, some extinctions.
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Mutinus caninusPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (3)
Larix (2)
Picea abies (2)
Quercus (2)
Beech (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (5)
Woodland: coniferous (4)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (6)
Soil Needle (2)
Dead Wood (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Wood Chips (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (4)
September (14)
October (1)
November (2)