Fungalpedia – Note 236, Echinophallus
Echinophallus Henn.
Citation if using this entry: Khyaju et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota.
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Classification: Phallaceae, Phallales, Phallomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi
Echinophallus is a genus within the Phallaceae family. Echinophallus was established by Hennings (1898) to accommodate the terrestrial fungus, Echinophallus lauterbachii (He et al. 2019). Echinophallus is regarded as a phalloid and monotypic genus that is distinctive in bears spinulose volva and unextended stipes (Kobayasi 1937). Morphologically, Echinophallus exhibits a primitive type because the basidiomata remains an egg, even at maturity (Kobayasi 1937). Index Fungorum (2024) reports a total of three records of Echinophallus, whereas Wijayawardene et al. (2022) accepted only one species.
Type species: Echinophallus lauterbachii (Henn.) Henn.
Basionym: Ithyphallus lauterbachii Henn.
Figure 1− Echinophallus lauterbachii. a Median section of basidiomata. b Basidia and basidiospores. c Part of the pileus showing a reticulated surface. Scale bar: a = ×5, b = ×3000, c = ×11. Photo credit: follow the original literature by drawn from Kobayasi (1937).
References
Kobayasi Y 1937 – Fungi Austro-Japoniae et Micronesiae. I. Shokubutsugaku Zasshi, 51(609), 749–758.
Entry by:
Sabin Khyaju, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
(Edited by Thatsanee Luangharn, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)