#phallus impudicus

[mushroomgay]

Cambridge, UK, July 2024

Common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)

Had a lovely interaction at Thetford Forest with a small child, who told me all about the different woodpeckers he was there to see, while I showed him he could literally 'sniff out' the stinkhorns that were all over the forest floor.

These fungi attract flies by giving off the scent of rotten meat on their gleba, the sticky substance that covers the cap. The flies that land on it distribute the spores in the gleba on their feet, allowing the fungus to reproduce.

[mycoblogg]

FOTD #069 : common stinkhorn! (phallus impudicus)

the common stinkhorn is a fungus in the phallaceae family (the stinkhorns). it is widespread across the world, & is thought to form mycorrhizal associations with trees - especially conifers.

the big question : can i bite it?? the edibility is "not recommended" (likely due to its foul stench & slimy texture), although some parts of france & germany eat the immature fungus !!

p. impudicus description :

"the mature stinkhorn is 10 to 30 cm (3.9 to 11.8 in) tall & 4 to 5 cm (1.6 to 2.0 in) in diameter, topped with a conical cap 2 to 4 cm (0.8 to 1.6 in) high that is covered with the greenish-brown slimy gleba. in older fungi the slime is eventually removed, exposing a bare yellowish pitted and ridged (reticulate) surface."

[images : source & source] [fungus description : source]

thank you to @moths-daily for suggesting that i do the penis mushroom on day 69.. you are insane & i love you both<3

[drfirsnogayny]

It's not Funguary, but I was bored and decided to draw mushrooms from photos, most of which I had saved for the challenge

I'm planning to draw mushrooms that match my OCs, but I haven't decided yet how this will be done (You may have seen one of them for 21 days with Giant Puffball)

[lindagoesmushrooming]

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Guessing the name isn't as obvious as it looks.

Tbh it does look like Phallus impudicus aka common stinkhorn (or at least one of Phallales sp.). A lot of mushrooms have their "phallic stage", but this guy's stipe has that pore-like texture that tells me it's a phallus indeed.

[ifelten]

Almindelig stinksvamp (Phallus impudicus)

Common Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)

[superbnature]

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[crazymeds]

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[furiarossa]

More photos, yay! Mixed mushrooms that we photographed (all in the same day) in our favorite place ever, the beech forests in Aspromonte (Calabria, Italy).

In order: Clavulina coralloides (Italian name: fungo corallo), Auricularia auricula-judae (Italian name: orecchia di giuda), Cantharellus cibarius (Italian name: galletto/Finferlo), Russula emetica (Italian name: Colombina del vomito/colombina malefica), Mutinus caninus (Italian name: satirione canino), Phallus impudicus (Italian name: satirione)