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common name(s) : Stinkhorn
synonyms: Ithyphallus impudicus edibility : inedible
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The cap is egg-shaped at first, from which then emerges a stem topped by a cone-shaped honeycombed head truncated by a small hole, spongy/honeycombed, covered with a gelatinous dark brown-olive layer, later disappearing to leave a-white honeycombed head, with a clearly marked stem, long and cylindrical, white, spongy and slightly honeycombed, emerging from a white sac (volva) and attached to the ground by a mycelial strand. The flesh is white, fragile and brittle; its taste is pleasant, nutty (stem); the odour is extremely strong, of rotting flesh, that can be smelt from at least 15 feet away. The fertile surface is composed of a stinking dark olive slime. The spore print is olive green.It grows on the ground, in coniferous or deciduous woods, parks and gardens, on a rather variable soil. The fruiting period takes place from May to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : slimy dark olive-green head on top of a spongy white stem, itself emerging from a white saccate volva; extremely strong odour of rotting meat; no net-like veil under head Phallus impudicus is occasional and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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