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Field Notes

Description:

Mushroom

Habitat:

My yard growing amongst front plantings and in the mulch

Notes:

Emerges from the ground as an slimy egg and smells horrible! You can smell it from about 8 feet away. the slime goes away as it grows and the more offensive odor does too. At the photo stage it is dry and the smell is strong and musty

Species ID Suggestions

stinkhorn

Phallus ravenelii

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KarenSaxton
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Comments (4)
HollyeJacksonSchramm
Thank you for the id! My family and I have been most interested in this bizarre, smelly mushroom! It's nice to finally have a name for it!
AnjaliAnantharam
Agree with Leuba.. Beautiful photo and love the light on the stem + the ant...
Leuba Ridgway
Fantastic photo - you can see through the stem ! There is also a little ant on the stem.
celine
yeah, it is definitey a stinkhorn, sometimes mistaken for morel, but they are much bigger and smell horrible !

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Mushroom Mapping
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PublishedDecember 8, 2011

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