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Spotting

Description:

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

Habitat:

Yard

1 Species ID Suggestions

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 10 years ago
Stinkhorn
Phallus impudicus Urban Mushrooms: Phallus impudicus


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1 Comment

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 10 years ago

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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Centennial, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Aug 17, 2012
Submitted on Aug 18, 2012

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