Key Identification Features
- Emerging from white egg as white spongy stalk with slimy brown-green spore cap and spectacular white lacy net (indusium) hanging from cap
- strong fetid odor
Preparation Notes
Not edible in mature form due to slime and odor; egg stage eaten in parts of Asia but not recommended without expertise; mostly a non-edible curiosity
Regions Found
Region data not available
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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