''Gelopellis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

fungi A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...

in the family

Claustulaceae The Claustulaceae are a family of fungi in the Phallales order. The family contains four genera and ten species. The family was circumscribed by the mycologist Gordon Herriot Cunningham Gordon Herriot Cunningham (27 August 1892 – 18 Jul ...

. The species in this relatively rare genus have

fruit bodies The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life cyc ...

that resemble the unopened egg of the

stinkhorn Phallaceae is a family of fungi, commonly known as stinkhorns, within the order Phallales. Stinkhorns have a worldwide distribution, but are especially prevalent in tropical regions. They are known for their foul-smelling, sticky spore masses ...

Mutinus ''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. Species Source: ...

'', with the columnella (sterile tissue extending up into or through the

gleba Gleba (, from Latin ''glaeba, glēba'', "lump") is the fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi such as the puffball or stinkhorn. The gleba is a solid mass of spores, generated within an enclosed area within the sporocarp. The conti ...

) occupying the place where the compressed receptacle would be in the latter genus. The genus contains six species found in South America, Japan, and Australia.

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* Phallales Taxa named by Sanford Myron Zeller Taxa described in 1939 {{Phallales-stub