Dog Stinkhorn
Description
Fruit-body growing from a whitish, leathery devils egg which develops below the surface, Ø 2-4 cm, rupturing the outer membrane with a disc or egg tooth. Devil egg with long, white mycelium strand. Fruit-body 8-12 cm high. Upper part conical acorn-shaped, with dark olive-green slime with faint smell, below that shallowly honeycombed, orange-red, with ring-shaped disc at the apex. Stem 6-9 x 1-2 cm, mushroomy, hollow, whitish to pale yellow-brown or pale orange.
Occurrence
On sawdust, coarse humus on or near strongly decayed wood of broad-leaved trees in woods, avenues and parks. Summer-autumn.
Saprophyte.
Related and/or similar species
- Mutinus ravenelii
- Mutinus elegans