#Common Stinkhorn

[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)

[that-dinopunk-guy]

Leopard Snail (Limax maximus), family Limacidae, climbing a Common Stinkhorn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

photograph by Willem Roos

[mushroominaforest]

What is the grossest mushroom u know?

probably the dog stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus)

[frippo-things]

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[terriblepassions]

Clathrus Archeri, Devil's Fingers or Octopus Stinkhorn

"Clathrus archeri is commonly found in environments with abundant decaying organic matter.In maturity this fungus smells like putrid flesh which attract flies who serve as agents for spore dispersal.

Due to the pungent smell, there are no common culinary practices involving Devil's Fingers."

[memoriesofthepark]

Elegant stinkhorn 》 Mutinus elegans

A new-to-me species of stinkhorns!! These guys go by many common names including dog stinkhorn, headless stinkhorn, and the devil's dipstick.

When I found them they were quite damaged. You can see the remains of its slimy spore mass coating the stalk and a couple of immature eggs waiting to emerge. As with most (if not all) fungi in the Phallaceae family, its gleba is gelatinous and foul-smelling, a feature which serves to attract flies and other insects that feed upon the gleba, thus aiding in spore dispersal.

Southeast Texas, 10 April 2024

[drachenkinder]

Mystery solved with a bit more research.

These are common stinkhorns, phallus impudicus. Not yet stinky but they doubtless soon will be.

[ghostoffuturespast]

The common name for these mushrooms is stinkhorn, because they emit smells that are stinky and attractive to flies to help spread spores. I don't know the exact species, but, you guys...

The fucking genus name for these shrooms is Phallaceae. As in there's an entire genus of mushrooms named after dicks. Penises.

[mushroomgay]

Cambridge, UK, October 2023

Common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)

This is the first time I've actually found these infamous fungi by following the scent! They smell powerfully of rotten meat, a feature designed to attract flies (you can see a couple very much enjoying it in the first photo), who eat the gleba - the dark sticky substance that covers the cap. Some of it will stick to the flies, and this is how the mushroom's spores get spread.

They emerge from eggs which, when gathered early enough, are edible, but predictably disgusting tasting.

[h0nkshroom]

What's your favorite mushroom:

to eat

aesthetically

that absolutely horrifies you

🎤

What a wonderful ask to wake up to!

To Eat; You can never go wrong with the classic Button Mushroom, you can find them in just about any grocery store, and are in fact technically baby mushrooms to the larger Portobello Mushroom Very yummy, I love them, especially on pizza <3

Aesthetically; I love what is called the Tippler's Bane / The Ink Cap Mushroom! It is technically edible as well, but never with alcohol. Otherwise, it is deadly poisonous!! It's a very pretty looking mushroom, and yes, you could make actual ink from them, though it would turn out a bit of a light shade of grey.

That Absolutely Horrifies Me; Thank you for making me remember the existence of Devil's Fingers / The Octopus Stinkhorn. Not a poisonous fungi to eat, however it smells god awful and looks like a miniature portal to hell opened up and has sent demon tentacles to come claim your soul.

Though to add onto this one, I will also mention the Destroying Angel mushroom cause god damn, it is one of the most toxic mushrooms you could ever eat, and it gets mistaken for a common edible mushroom, all the time. For this reason, they were also given the name "Fool's Mushroom".

[drfirsnogayny]

Funguary 2024 Day 21

🍜 Week 3: Edible 🍚 Calvatia gigantea aka Giant puffball

It/its

Today, without humanization, for some reason I wanted this mushroom to look exactly like this. I also didn't know if it was important to choose a specific mushroom (like Common Puffball), but I chose Giant Puffball because it's cool.

Other arts:

🧢 Mycena Subcyanocephala

🪸 Lilac Coral Fungus

🦃 Turkey Tail

☁️ Cystolepiota

🏮 Filoboletus Manipularis

🪽 Angel Wings

🧽 Penicillin

👹 Satan's Bolete

🌳 Silver Leaf Fungus

🗡️ Destroying Angel

🪺 Birds Nest Fungus

🧟 Dead Man's Fingers

👒 Lilac Bonnet

🩸 Bleeding Tooth

🪮 Black Velvet

🍜 Enoki

🍘 Dotted Stem Bolete

🌧️ Inky Cap

☕ Black Trumpet

🧤 Amethyst Deceiver

🍚 Puffball 🍄

💧 Dewdrop Bonnet

🫂 Mycorrhizal Network

🎭 False Blusher

🐕 Stinkhorn

🌵 Prototaxites

🪬 Blue Coprinopsis

🐝 Icing Sugar Fingus

💋 Magic Mushroom

Organizer: @/feefal

Pic on ref

[mycoblogg]

I'm playing in a DND campaign where the political enemy worships a mushroom god. I'm playing a warlock so I obviously have my own patron god etc. What things can I call the mushroom worshippers to really make them feel bad? In short, I'm looking for mushroom slurs, so I came to the only expert I know of. Any ideas at all would be amazing. Thank you!

so this was rotting in my inbox for over a week & i told my boyfriend about it . he replied "uh common stinkhorn,, it's like calling them basic & stinkie :-3"

we have no ideas- maybe a commenter can help?

[mushroominaforest]

You probably smell like a mushroom that smells really bad

Oh god oh fuck I forgot the anon button-

Fun fact! I actually found a few common stinkhorns- a terrible smelling mushroom- while on a mushroom hunt this weekend!

I also found a stinkhorn egg, which I brought home and was able to watch as it grew! (The eggs are edible, but the mushrooms themselves are not. I would personally never try a stinkhorn egg- the smell isn’t exactly enticing.) It took only about five hours for the full-sized mushroom to emerge from the egg, so I was almost watching it get bigger in real time!!! They have incredible strength, these mushrooms are known for pushing up through concrete to grow. It’s estimated that three of them together are capable of lifting 400kg of weight!

It was incredible to see the birth of a mushroom, and awful to smell. The things I do for science…

[activatebutterflyshield]

Day 25 of Funguary: stinkhorn! A long-tailed, long-bodied, net-trailing shark who swims wide loop-de-loops in the open sea. Based on the Phallus cinnabarinus (photo below)

Photo credit to user Yercaud-elango on Wikimedia Commons