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Phallus impudicus
Mushroom approx 4-5 inches high, sprouting with green slime on the top grooves that a variety of flies are swarming to eat.
Shaded mulchy area, suburban community.
Spotted on Nov 2, 2011
Submitted on Nov 2, 2011
2 Comments
And so it is! Thank you Kristal.
Looks like a stinkhorn, probably Ravenel's Stinkhorn (Phallus ravenelii). Here's a spotting I had of them from late September - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/736....