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Tom Volk provides photographs and much information on this foul-smelling species.

Article from Wikipedia on this family of Earthstars, which include the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma.

Article from Wikipedia on this order which includes the stinkhorns but now also the earthstars, the coral fungi, some false truffles, club fungi, and chanterelloid fungi.

Article from Wikipedia describing this diverse family which includes eleven genera. Also two photographs of the Club Fungus, Clavariadelphus ligula, and one of Gomphus clavatus.

Article with several photographs from Wikipedia on this family of foul-smelling fungi which rely on flies to spread their spores.

Photograph of Ramaria stricta and information from Wikipedia on this family of Coral Fungi which consists of seven genera.

Several photographs of this colorful, star-shaped species.

Article by Tom Volk on this interesting species, with an animated drawing of how it can shoot its spore mass a considerable distance.

This species was photographed in Puerto Rico.

This species, photographed in the British Virgin Islands.

Photograph of the netted stinkhorn emerging from its egg.

Article by Tom Volk on the Veiled or Netted Stinkhorn and other species which rely on flies for the dissemination of their spores.