Dog Stinkhorn

Mutinus caninus.

fungus colour: Brown, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: conic
stem type: Volva on stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Mutinus caninus (Pers.) Fr. Dog Stinkhorn, Phallus de Chien, Satyre des cheins, Hundsrute, Kφzφnsιges kutyaszφmφrcsφg, Fallo canino, mutino canino, Kliene Stinkzwam, Kutyaszφmφrcsφg.

Fruit body initially a semi-submerged eggs as in Phallus impudicus but much smaller, 1x2cm across and more cylindric in shape, whitish-yellow, finally rupturing when the hollow pitted receptacle extends. Stem 10x12cm high, pale yellow-buff to bright orange, surmounted by the narrow conical orange-red head covered in dark olive slime which contains the spores and has a very slight sickly smell. Spores pale yellow, oblong, 4x5 x 1.5x2΅.