Dog Stinkhorn Fungus

Description:

bright orange, cylindrical slightly curved stinkhorn about 9 cm tall & 1.5 cm wide; gradually tapers to a narrow tip with a small opening; tip covered with greenish-brown slime; coming out of a white "egg" buried in the ground; slime stinks

Habitat:

many found growing in old rotting wood chip mulch pile

Notes:

It is hard to tell the difference between Mutinus elegans and Mutinus caninus but this http://www.mushroomexpert.com/mutinus_el... helps Found by student Addison