Global InformationStaheliomyces information
| Staheliomyces | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi
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| Division: | Basidiomycota
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| Class: | Agaricomycetes
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| Order: | Phallales
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| Family: | Phallaceae
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| Genus: | Staheliomyces E.Fisch. (1921)
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| Type species | |
| Staheliomyces cinctus E.Fisch. (1921)
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Staheliomyces cinctus Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Glebal hymenium |
 | No distinct cap |
 | Spore print is olive-brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Staheliomyces is a fungal genus in the stinkhorn family. The genus was considered monotypic for over 100 years, containing the single neotropical species Staheliomyces cinctus, until a 2022 study revealed four additional, cryptic species. Members are colloquially known as the strangled stinkhorns. The genus is found in Central America and northern South America.[1] The fruit body of the fungus is a hollow, whitish, cylindric stalk up to 16 cm (6.3 in) tall, with conspicuous pits and holes. Near the top of the stalk is a pinched-off zone covered with unpleasant-smelling slimy spore mass called gleba. The gleba attracts stingless bees that help disseminate the spores.
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