Phallus tenuissimus is a species of fungus in the stinkhorn family. Found in Jingdong Yi Autonomous County in Yunnan, China, it was described as new to science in 2005. Its fruit bodies feature a conical to bell-shaped cap up to 20 mm (0.8 in) high by 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) wide, covered by dark greenish-brown gleba (spore mass). The cap is supported by a slender, cylindrical stipe measuring 50–70 mm (2.0–2.8 in) long and 2–4 mm thick. Its spores are cylindrical, and measure 3.3–4 by 1.1–1.4 μm. The authors place it in the section Reticulati of genus Phallus on account of its reticulate cap.[1]

Phallus tenuissimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Phallus
Species:
P. tenuissimus
Binomial name
Phallus tenuissimus
T.H.Li, W.Q.Deng & B.Liu (2005)

References

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  1. ^ Li TH, Liu B, Song B, Deng WQ, Zhou TX (2005). "A new species of Phallus from China and P. formosianus, new to the mainland". Mycotaxon. 91: 309–14.