Dictyocephalos

Dictyocephalos is a genus of fungi in the family Phelloriniaceae of the order Agaricales. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Dictyocephalos attenuatus, commonly known as the stalked oddball,^[2] which was described by the American botanist Lucien Marcus Underwood in 1901 (as D. curvatus).

Dictyocephalos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Phelloriniaceae
Genus:	Dictyocephalos Underw. ex V.S. White
Type species
Dictyocephalos attenuatus Underw.
Synonyms[1]
Battarreopsis Henn. Whetstonia Lloyd

Dictyocephalos attenuatus is a unique species of mushroom, as it has a gleba like a puffball, but it also has a stipe and a volva, like an Amanita.^[2][3] Starting as an underground "egg", the spore case develops up to 13 cm (5 in) across, round and slightly gelatinous at first then flattens and develops brownish scales.^[2] This is situated on the white-to-brownish enlarged end of the stem, which can grow up to 40 centimetres (16 in) long. It is inedible.^[2]