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| synonyms: Dog Stinkhorn, Hundsrute, Kutyaszömörcsög, Phallus de Chien, Satyre des cheins |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Brown, Orange |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Other |
| stem type: Volva on stem |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: Light to dark brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Mutinus caninus (Pers.) Fr. Dog Stinkhorn, Hundsrute, Phallus de Chien, Satyre des cheins, Kutyaszömörcsög. Fruit body initially a semi-submerged eggs as in Phallus impudicus but much smaller, 1–2cm across and more cylindric in shape, whitish-yellow, finally rupturing when the hollow pitted receptacle extends. Stem 10–12cm high, pale yellow-buff to bright orange, surmounted by the narrow conical orange-red head covered in dark olive slime which contains the spores and has a very slight sickly smell. Spores pale yellow, oblong, 4–5 x 1.5–2µ. Habitat in leaf litter in woods. Season summer to late autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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James Woolard (United States) - 10 May 2009
Found in my yard in Godley, Texas this morning
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 03 December 2008
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