A spongy, chambered, highly extensible pseudoparenchymatous structure of the gasterothecia of the Phallales (stinkhorns). As the receptaculum elongates, the mature gleba is lifted after the peridium ruptures, exposing it to insects. The receptaculum may be stalk-shaped, candelabra-like or reticulately branched. In Phallus (stinkhorns), it is divided into cap and stalk; in some Phallaceae, a veil (indusium) occurs in addition. Such fruiting bodies are known as veiled stinkhorns.

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