Mutinus caninus (Huds.) Fr.
(Dog Stinkhorn)

Interactions where Mutinus caninus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood Major [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Phallales/Phallaceae/Mutinus caninus/Mutinus caninusdog stinkhornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, fallen, decayedwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed sawdust mulch Major [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Phallales/Phallaceae/Mutinus caninus/Mutinus caninusdog stinkhornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayedsawdust mulchMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood Minor PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Phallales/Phallaceae/Mutinus caninus/Mutinus caninusdog stinkhornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, fallen, decayedwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed sawdust mulch Minor PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Phallales/Phallaceae/Mutinus caninus/Mutinus caninusdog stinkhornfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdecayedsawdust mulchMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Mutinus caninus (Dog Stinkhorn) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mutinus caninus (Dog Stinkhorn) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMutinus caninus (Dog Stinkhorn)
GenusMutinus (a genus of stinkhorns)
FamilyPHALLACEAE (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
OrderPHALLALES (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
SubclassPHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mutinus caninus (Dog Stinkhorn)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2013 Readers’ Finds (Oct 2013) Field Mycology Vol 14 (4): 131.

Mutinus caninus (Dog Stinkhorn) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mutinus caninus (Dog Stinkhorn):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 29 images of Mutinus caninus (Dog Stinkhorn)
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