Doubled Netted Stinkhorn
Dictyophora duplicata (Bosc.) E. Fisch
Status: EN. Rare species. The only representative of the genus Dictyophora in the CIS territory. Used in traditional medicine.
Description. The young fruit body is almost spherical, ovoid, and less often cylindrical, measuring 4 - 5 cm in diameter, smooth, initially white, then yellowish-white and light brown, with a white mycelial cord at the base. The receptacle is cylindrical, 15 - 20 cm long, 2.5 - 4.5 cm thick, tapering towards the bottom, hollow, with a white or light brown volva at the base. The cap-like gleba is conical, 3 - 5 cm long and the same width. Its outer side has a net-like relief of branched and fused ridges; when mature, the cap is olive-green and slimy. Between the gleba and the upper end of the receptacle, there is a white or brownish-white, yellowish-white net-like indusium, hanging like a lace skirt halfway or to the end of the receptacle. The mature mushroom has a strong unpleasant odor. Basidia are 6 - 8 spored. Spores are ellipsoidal, 3.5 - 4.4 x 1.2 - 1.8 µm, smooth.
Biological features. Saprotrophic on humus. Spores are spread by flies.
General distribution and in the country. Western and Eastern Europe, China, North America, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek.
Habitat. On soil rich in humus and organic residues, always in moist places, in forests and parks.
Population. Single specimens.
Limiting factors. Not studied.
Cultivation. Not cultivated.
Existing conservation measures. No special conservation measures have been developed. Included in the Red Book of the USSR (1984).
Recommended conservation measures. Identification of new habitats.
Doubled Netted Stinkhorn
Doubled Netted Stinkhorn
Dictyophora duplicata (Bosc.) E. Fisch
Status: EN. This rare species is disjunctively distributed in the Holarctic. This is a large fungus with a sharp obnoxious smell of traditional value in medicine. The species was registered in Bishkek. The species is saprotrophic and occurs, by single specimens, at damp humus in forests or parks; spores are propagated by flies. Limiting factors are unstudied. Search for additional populations is suggested as an option to protect this species.