Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Mutinus caninus (Huds.) Fr., Summa veg. Scand. Section Post. (Stockholm): 434 (1849)

Phallus caninus Huds., Fl. Angl. Edn 2 2: 630 (1778)
Phallus inodorus Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 3: tab. 330 (1801)
Ithyphallus inodorus Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 675 (1821)
Cynophallus caninus (Huds.) Berk., Outl. Brit. Fung. (London): 298 (1860)

Habitat: On soil in deciduous and less frequently conifer woodland; commonly on decayed wood of deciduous trees, usually large fallen trunks or decayed piles of sawdust and wood-chips. Increasingly common on flowerbeds mulched with wood chips and shredded bark, in parkland and gardens.

Notes: Common and widespread, especially in southern England, slightly less frequent northwards.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 31275; Scotland: K(M) 155352

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 256-257
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 400, pl. 526
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 176
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 177, pl. Figs 141/142
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 301
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.3 3: 84 pp. [pl. 241-400] (1800), p. 330 (as Phallus inodorus)
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 2 2: 620 pp. (2000), p. 167

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