Phallus rubicundus
f. cul. medicinalis
f. cul.
Phallus rubicundus f. cul. medicinalis
medicinalis: Recorded only as a medicine. There is a record of people taking this mushroom as medicine -- a condition treated, or an action on the body -- and no record of it eaten as food, and no molecule of concern is on its record. Laboratory findings (antitumor, antioxidant, antimicrobial) are not records of use. The word names how people used the mushroom, not that it is safe: research the preparation and dose before taking it. A species that is also eaten is innocuus, and its medicinal use is in its note. Latin, medicinalis: of medicine.
On Medicinal Use, The Complete Table.
GBIF: photographs, names and where it has been found.
Sources
| Wu et al. 2019 | ‘Detumescence’ — Wu et al. 2019, Table 1, p. 34, citing Dai et al. 2009 Wu F, Zhou L-W, Yang Z-L, Bau T, Li T-H, Dai Y-C (2019). Resource diversity of Chinese macrofungi: edible, medicinal and poisonous species. Fungal Diversity 98: 1-76. doi:10.1007/s13225-019-00432-7. Table 1, 'Medicinal fungi and their function(s)'. link |
Notes
A record of human medicinal use, Wu et al. 2019, Table 1, p. 34, citing Dai et al. 2009; no record of it eaten as food. Wu et al. 2019 also mark it poisonous (P); beside a recorded medicinal use the mark is read as a matter of dose, not a molecule of concern at the portion (rule 36).
Medicinal Use. Medicinal use: Detumescence (Wu et al. 2019, Table 1, p. 34, citing Dai et al. 2009). Recorded only as a medicine: f. cul. medicinalis.
Cite this pageRubel, William. 2026. “Phallus rubicundus.” Taxonomy of Toxins. Last modified 24 October 2026. https://taxonomyoftoxins.com/species/phallus-rubicundus/