{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Mut.can.jpg | image_caption = ''Mutinus caninus'' | taxon = Mutinus | authority = Fr. (1849) | type_species = ''Mutinus caninus'' | type_species_authority = (Huds.) Fr. (1849) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = | synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlFungorum synonymy: Mutinus"/> | synonyms = *''Aedycia'' <small>Raf. (1808)</small> *''Ithyphallus'' <small>Gray (1821)</small> *''Cynophallus'' <small>(Fr.) Corda (1842)</small> *''Corynites'' <small>Berk. & M.A.Curtis(1853)</small> *''Caromyxa'' <small>Mont. (1856)</small> *''Floccomutinus'' <small>Henn. (1895)</small> *''Jansia'' <small>Penz. (1899)</small> *''Xylophallus'' <small>(Schltdl.) E.Fisch. (1933)</small> }}
'''''Mutinus''''' is a genus of fungi in the family Phallaceae. The genus was first described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1849. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains 12 species.<ref name=Kirk2008/>
== Species == Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Species Fungorum - Mutinus |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/names/names.asp?strGenus=Mutinus&GSD=Yes |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org}}</ref> {{Columns-list| * ''Mutinus albotruncatus'' * ''Mutinus annulatus'' * ''Mutinus argentinus'' * ''Mutinus bicolor'' * ''Mutinus boninensis'' * ''Mutinus bovinus'' * ''Mutinus caninus'' – dog stinkhorn * ''Mutinus cartilagineus'' * ''Mutinus coracoideus'' * ''Mutinus curtisii'' * ''Mutinus discolor'' * ''Mutinus elegans'' – elegant stinkhorn * ''Mutinus fleischeri'' * ''Mutinus granulatus'' * ''Mutinus inopinatus'' * ''Mutinus minimus'' * ''Mutinus muelleri'' * ''Mutinus penzigii'' * ''Mutinus proximus'' * ''Mutinus ravenelii'' - Ravenel's red stinkhorn * ''Mutinus rugulosus'' * ''Mutinus sulcatus'' * ''Mutinus verrucosus'' * ''Mutinus watsonii'' * ''Mutinus xylogenus'' * ''Mutinus zenkeri'' }}
==Etymology== The genus name ''Mutinus'' was a phallic deity, Mutunus, one of the Roman ''di indigetes'' placated by Roman brides.<ref name=Arora1986/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Kirk2008>{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk |url-access=limited |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk/page/n455 445] |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>
<ref name="urlFungorum synonymy: Mutinus">{{cite web |title=Synonymy: ''Mutinus'' Fr. |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=19223 |work=Species Fungorum |publisher=CAB International |accessdate=2011-07-11}}</ref>
<ref name=Arora1986>{{cite book |author=Arora, David |authorlink=David Arora |year=1986 |title=Mushrooms Demystified |publisher=Ten Speed Press |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=0-89815-169-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mushroomsdemysti00aror_0/page/771 771] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mushroomsdemysti00aror_0/page/771 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web |title=''Mutinus'' Fr. |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:19223}}
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Category:Phallales Category:Agaricomycetes genera
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