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Photo by agrammer
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Field Notes

Description:

~7cm; spongy; hollow inside; morel-like; and spore bearing tip does not go all the way around the stipe.

Habitat:

Yard

Species ID Suggestions

Stinkhorn

Phallus impudicus

Reference Link
Neil Ross
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Comments (1)
Neil Ross
I've been getting these in my garden too, although mine have a pinkish red stipe. Weird looking things, and OMG they stink! Your spotting is a variety of stinkhorn fungi, a member of the Phallus family. This should head you in the right direction.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2012

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