Discover
Identify
Record
Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus
Fruiting body is egg shaped when young, usually buried just under the leaf litter. It then grows upright, phallic, head honeycombed and coated in a foul smelling and sticky spore laden green slime which is quickly removed by visiting flies, leaving only the white honeycomb visible. Stem tapered towards the top.
Coniferous and deciduous woods, and other wooded areas.
Most likely to be found in summer and autumn
Frequent throughout Britain
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
Enter a town or village to see local records
MAP KEY:
Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015
UK Map
Species profile
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Phallales
- Family:
- Phallaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 48
- First record:
- 01/10/2004 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 05/11/2023 (Hollingworth, Jane)
Total records by month
% of records within its species group
10km squares with records
The latest images and records displayed below include those awaiting verification checks so we cannot guarantee that every identification is correct. Once accepted, the record displays a green tick.
In the Latest Records section, click on the header to sort A-Z, and again to sort Z-A. Use the header boxes to filter the list.