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Phallus Indusiatus

Phallus indusiatus, commonly called the bamboo fungus, bamboo pith, long net stinkhorn, crinoline stinkhorn or veiled lady, is a fungus in the family Phallaceae, or stinkhorns

FAMILY : Phallaceae Species : Phallus indusiatus (syn. Dictyophora) Common name : Crinoline Stinkhorn, Bridal Veil Fungus Color : Usually white Habitat : Usually found in rainforest in litter Description : The common name of this species is based on the net or indusium, which is attached below the enlarged conical head. The net varies in length, usually white but may be yellow or orange. Has a fetid smell which attracts flies.

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Hyndora africana is one of the most bizarre-looking

plants on the African continent and certainly not the

most common of plants to be encountered in the veld

on any casual hike.

3 Symplocarpus Foetidus

Symplocarpus Foetidus Common Name(s):Skunk cabbage

Description: Perennial herb; leaves large and heart-shaped; flowers small in a dark spadix surrounded by a purple-brown spathe, foul-smelling.

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Flower: Fleshy purple to reddish brown, spathe wraps around a heavy round spadix; tiny flowers grow on the spadix; foul, skunk-like odor

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Common name

titan arum

Kingdom: Plantae

(unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots

Order: Alismatales Family: Araceae

Subfamily: Aroideae Tribe: Thomsonieae

Genus: Amorphophallus

A woman looks at the Amorphophallus Titanum, also

known as the Titan Arum or Corpse flower, because of

it's smell, one of the world's largest flowers, at the

National Botanic Garden in Meise near Brussels, Monday,

July 8, 2013. The rare phallus-like flower that springs

from the plant only survives about 72 hours.

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