Phallus indusiatus

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Phallus indusiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Hymenomycotina
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Phallus
Species: P. indusiatus
Binomial name
Phallus indusiatus
Vent. 1798
Phallus indusiatus
mycological characteristics:
 
smooth hymenium
 

no distinct cap

 

hymenium attachment is not applicable

 

stipe has a volva

 

spore print is olive

 

ecology is saprophytic

 

edibility: unknown

Phallus indusiatus (also called long net stinkhorn and veiled lady) is a stinkhorn fungus, eaten as a vegetable (known in English as "bamboo pith") in some cuisines of southern China, particularly that of the southwestern province of Yunnan.

It is called zhu sheng (, pinyin: zhúshēng) or zhu sun (; pinyin: zhúsūn) in Chinese.

[edit] Synonyms

  • Dictyophora indusiata (Vent. ex Pers.) Desvaux 1809
  • Hymenophallus indusiatus (Vent.) Corda

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