It’s really a pleasure to see Dinesh Ji and other members taking keen interest in mushrooms, not only by providing the group with lovely photographs but also updating their knowledge to giving out proper identifications.
*Phallus indusiatus* is commonly known as the “Bridal Veil Stinkhorn”. The mature stinkhorn has a net-like structure, the indusium or 'skirt', which hangs down from the conical cap. The skirt's netlike openings may be polyhedral or round in shape. The cap covered with a greenish-brown slime termed the gleba. Their method of reproduction is different from many mushrooms, which use the air to spread their spores. Stinkhorns instead produce a sticky spore mass on their tip which has a sharp, sickly-sweet odour of carrion to attract bees, and flies. The mature fruiting bodies can be smelled from a considerable distance in the woods, and at close quarters most people find the cloying stink extremely repulsive. The flies land in the gleba and consume the slime, depositing it as excrement elsewhere. In older fungi the slime is eventually removed, the pale off-white bare pitted and ridge surface is exposed. Link: http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Phallus_indusiatus::sub::Description http://www.mushroomexpert.com/phallus_indusiatus.html http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/fungicommon/JCUDEV_012533 http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/fungicommon/JCUDEV_012533 Tanay On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... commonly known as long net stinkhorn, crinoline stinkhorn, veiled lady, > veiled mushroom ... *Phallus indusiatus* (for a brief period was: *Dictyophora > indusiata* ) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_indusiatus > > Earlier ID help by Tanay > > Regards. > > > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:12 PM, satyendra tiwari <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear All, >> I have seen this kind of picture posted before on the group but I couldn't >> find it in the data base. Because I had no clue how to find it without >> knowing its name. >> Hence I am posting this picture here for help in ID, Please. >> Thanks. >> Satyendra >> >> >> Date/Time- 27th July 10 >> >> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Tala Village M.P. >> >> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Garden >> >> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Fungi >> >> Height/Length- 6-8 inches >> >> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- >> >> Inflorescence Type/ Size- >> >> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- >> >> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- >> >> Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- >> >> Photographer Satyendra Kumar Tiwari >> >> -- >> Satyendra K.Tiwari. >> Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Tour Leader >> H.NO 139, P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya. >> M.P. India 484-661 >> To know more about Bandhavgarh visit following links. >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/satyendraphotography >> http://tigerdiaries.blogspot.com >> http://skayscamp.wetpaint.com >> SKAY'S CAMP is awarded QUALITY rating by Tour Operator For Tigers (TOFT). >> http://www.toftigers.org/accommodation/Default.aspx?id=15 >> Review Skay's Camp on TripAdvisor >> 00-91-7627-265309 or 09425331209 >> > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
