Staheliomyces
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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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Genus: | Staheliomyces E.Fisch. (1921) |
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Staheliomyces cinctus E.Fisch. (1921) |
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Glebal hymenium | |
No distinct cap | |
Spore print is olive-brown | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is unknown |