Key Identification Features
- • Emerges from a white egg-like volva in the ground • Mature stinkhorn: spongy white stalk, dark olive-green slimy cap (gleba) with putrid smell • Attracts flies for spore dispersal • Found in gardens, compost heaps, and woodland edges • Egg stage edible in some cultures but mature stage repellent
Preparation Notes
Egg stage reportedly edible but avoid due to smell and identification difficulty; not recommended
Regions Found
Region data not available
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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