Phallus impudicus, known colloquially as the common stinkhorn, is a widespread fungus in the Phallaceae (stinkhorn) family. It is recognizable for its foul odor and its phallic shape when mature, the latter feature giving rise to several names in 17th-century England. It is a common mushroom in Europe and North America, where it occurs in habitats rich in wood debris such as forests and mulched gardens. It appears from summer to late autumn. The fruiting structure is tall and white with a slimy, dark olive colored conical head. Known as the gleba, this material contains the spores, and is transported by insects which are attracted by the odor—described as resembling carrion. Despite its foul smell, it is not usually poisonous and immature mushrooms are consumed in parts of France and Germany.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Phallus impudicus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Cinnamic acids and derivatives3
Acyclic monoterpenoids3
Chalcones2
Carane monoterpenoids1
Farnesane sesquiterpenoids1
Documented compounds27 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
(3E,6E)-alpha-Farnesene
present
LOTUS
1,2-Dimethoxybenzene
present
LOTUS
2-Methoxyphenol
present
LOTUS
2-Phenyl-2-butenal
present
LOTUS
2-Phenyl-2-butenal, (2Z)-
present
LOTUS
2-Phenylethanol
present
LOTUS
3-Cyclohexa-2,4-dien-1-yl-1-phenylprop-2-en-1-one
present
LOTUS
4-Phenyl-2-butenal
present
LOTUS
4-Phenylbut-2-enal
present
LOTUS
6-Methyl-hept-5-en-2-one
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding14 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Phallus impudicus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens14
Marker genes2
eDNA detections3 014
Countries36
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★ITS★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualPhallus impudicus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈63 542 048 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
THIS GENOME Phallus impudicus0.06 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelContig
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type50 376 records
Wild obs. + sensor49 439
Museum / vouchered761
Cultivated / captive3
Other173
Origin
Native8
Introduced2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO68 220 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy38% within 1 km
≤100 m 11 125≤1 km 5 324≤10 km 26 805>10 km 507
43 761 georeferenced · 5 678 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor49 439
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy53% within 1 km
≤100 m 30≤1 km 176≤10 km 137>10 km 44
387 georeferenced · 374 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence761
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 2
2 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living3
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions46 of 89 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Olocation not on record
62
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
41
BDBClocation not on record
39
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
31
Chiba, JP
26
Bronx, US
24
Uppsala, SE
22
Vitoria, ES
18
Córdoba, ES
18
ILLSlocation not on record
15
LDlocation not on record
14
Champaign, US
13
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
11
Osaka, JP
11
Tomioka, JP
10
Denver, US
9
Görlitz, DE
9
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
9
Vancouver, CA
8
Trondheim, NO
7
Copenhagen, DK
7
TENN-Flocation not on record
7
Karlsruhe, DE
6
Tartu, EE
6
MeiseBGlocation not on record
6
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
5
GJOlocation not on record
5
HabitatVisionlocation not on record
5
WU-MYClocation not on record
5
Helsinki, FI
5
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
5
Philadelphia, US
5
Bando, JP
4
Burlington, US
4
San Sebastián, ES
4
St. Paul, US
4
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
3
Lincoln, US
3
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
3
Salamanca, ES
3
Staten Island, US
3
Durham, US
3
National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record
3
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
3
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
2
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
2
Mlocation not on record
2
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
2
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
Toronto, CA
2
PHlocation not on record
2
GZUlocation not on record
2
Warsaw, PL
2
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
2
Auckland, NZ
2
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
2
BRNUlocation not on record
2
KOMlocation not on record
2
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
2
TROMlocation not on record
2
US
2
Kew, GB
2
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
1
DPIlocation not on record
1
Lausanne, CH
1
Baton Rouge, US
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Blacksburg, US
1
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record
1
Mérida, ES
1
Pullman, US
1
Turku, FI
1
Salzburg, AT
1
Hirosaki Universitylocation not on record
1
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Berlin, DE
1
Zürich, CH
1
Bardejov, SK
1
Odawara, JP
1
Orto botanico di Lucca | Botanical Garden of Luccalocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record
1
89 institutions · 569 of 761 vouchered records shown · 190 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA3 014 detections
Where the DNA of Phallus impudicus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found3 014
Studies independent surveys6
Countries36
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 014 detections have coordinates
Open the map36 countries0
Rich deciduous forest on marine deposits, do…PalearcticNeotropicAfrotropicIndomalayan
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median14.8 °C 5.80–18.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.7 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C 9.00–22.8
Min temp (night)10.7 °C 1.80–14.2
Precipitation66.2 mm/mo 37.7–107
Air humidity61.4 % 57.7–67.0
Moisture balance-15.9 mm/mo -51.8–53.3
Vapour deficit672 Pa 337–891
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.40–5.70
Cloud cover38.2 % 32.8–55.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 974 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility50 376 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 014 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗