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Is Phallus impudicus a mycological giant?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2004
Abstract
Based on a mathematical model, using numerical analyses it can be concluded that the tender structure of the common stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus, growing out of hard asphalt road is capable of producing the very powerful force of 1.33 kN/m2, which means that three of these mushrooms can lift approximately 400 kg.
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