Phenology, morphological, and anatomical characteristics of a stinkhorn mushroom in Ghana

The genus Phallus is a member of the group commonly known as stinkhorn fungi belonging to family: Phallaceae and Order: Phallales. They are distributed in tropical areas Africa, Asia, Australia, Americas but rarely reported Ghana. During recent minor rainy season (September-December 2022) an undocumented Phallales was found rock garden located Greater Accra Region, subterranean basidioma developed from egg-like structure, single or gregarious with thick gelatinous peridium. primordium oval/spherical, ellipsoidal shape; initially hypogeous becoming epigeous habit by maturity; 4.0-5.0 cm diameter, creamy grayish cream age. Within 48-72 h, egg broke expose pink-colored stalk, sponge, reticulate rounded greyish-dark green cap carrying smooth-walled slimy basidiospores (2 - 5μm) fetid rotten smell. 2 4 h emergence cap, it depleted spores foraging bluish-green bottle flies. transverse section columnar stipe (5.0 8.0 long) showed hollow orifice serving passage glebal mass. Occasionally, there division at show two distinct stipes caps same volva basidioma. pileus campanulate (bell-shaped), 2-3cm high dark color vertical granular markings, hemispheric shape. Dark-green besmear These descriptions agree no penis-shaped morphology species prominent basal 2.0 3.5 high.