XVI International Botanical Congess

Members of the phallales are occasionally encountered in the Hawaiian Islands. The most common species is Aseroe rubra, which appears in mesic montane forests on every island and is frequently associated with Eucalyptus. Fruiting bodies of Dictyophora cinnabarina, Pseudocolus fusiformis, and Phallus rubicundus appear in wood chip mulch in gardens and under trees in damp areas. D. cinnabarina is also common on lawns in Hilo on the Big Island during the winter months. A second Dictyophora, D. multicolor is locally abundant in the duff under coastal Casuarina on the windward coast of the Big Island. Mutinus bambusinus is found in wood chip mulch as well as near rotting stumps. Clathrus oahuensis was described from Oahu.