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Mushroom
My yard growing amongst front plantings and in the mulch
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
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!
Agree with Leuba.. Beautiful photo and love the light on the stem + the ant...
Fantastic photo - you can see through the stem ! There is also a little ant on the stem.
yeah, it is definitey a stinkhorn, sometimes mistaken for morel, but they are much bigger and smell horrible !
Spotted on Aug 15, 2011
Submitted on Dec 8, 2011
