Phallaceae Corda 1842.

The Phallaceae Corda is a well-defined family in the order Phallales, (Berkeley 1860, Zeller 1948, Burk 1980) The various genera of this family share a combination of two or three layers, at first enclosing the receptacle and gleba, finally rupturing from the apex downwards and remaining at the base of receptacle as the volva (Fischer 1900, Teng 1939, Cunnigham 1979). The matureor stinkhorns, are a family of Basidiomycetes which produce a foul-scented, phallus-shaped mushroom. They belong to the order, commonly known of the universal veil around the base of the mature receptacle (Zang & Petersen 1989). This family comprising of 47 genera and they are more than 300 species.