How to Kill a Stinkhorn Fungus
A stinkhorn fungus is a fruiting body resembling a finger. When it is mature you will find it covered in slimy, stinky spores sticking out of your lawn. The odor from the stinkhorn attracts flies that carry the fungus to other parts of your lawn. ... [... more]
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Phallus duplicatus (Dictyophora duplicata)
As if stinkhorns like Phallus impudicus and Mutinus elegans weren't odd enough, this incredible mushroom had to go and add "adorned with a lace doily" to the list of possible stinkhorn features--along with the old standbys (being covered with a [... more]
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Ileodictyon cibarium
Ileodictyon cibarium is primarily known from New Zealand and Australia, though it has been recorded in Chile (and in Africa and in England as an introduced organism). It is a stinkhorn, but it might better be labeled a "stink cage," since there [... more]
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Phallus rubicundus
This fascinating stinkhorn is often identified as "Mutinus elegans," but close inspection reveals that Phallus rubicundus has a clearly distinguished, separate head that holds the spore-saturated brown slime; species of Mutinus bear their slime [... more]
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Pseudocolus fusiformis: The Stinky Squid
Finding this very small attractive stinkhorn at the Overland Park Arboretum southwest of Kansas City was both a surprise and probably a bit of good luck. The mushroom had not been previously reported from Kansas. After the first spotting we were ... [... more]
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Lysurus cruciatus
When a friend contacted me to ask about a stinkhorn in his yard, he gave a good description. I suggested he look at Lysurus mokusin as a likely candidate. He said it did indeed look like that mushroom, but there was a problem in that the stalk ... [... more]
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Phallus indusiatus
This amazing tropical stinkhorn features a long and elaborate "skirt." In North America, it is found in the southern provinces of Mexico; northward it is replaced by the short-skirted Phallus duplicatus. Readers who have seen the Discovery ... [... more]
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The Stinkhorn Hall of Fame
Nothing provokes more e-mails to MushroomExpert.Com than stinkhorns popping up unexpectedly in people's yards. Below are some of the many photos sent in by our readers. Sometimes one wonders why Georgia O'Keeffe never painted stinkhorns . . ... [... more]
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How to Get Rid of Stinkhorn Fungus
Firstly, you can just physically remove the fungi from your yard with a shovel or the latex gloves, however if you dont want to touch it, you dont need to, you can skip this step. Now boil a pot of water, and add bleach to it. If you pour this ... [... more]
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Stinkhorn Lowdown
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Wickedly Scrumptious!
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Toot & Puddle: Wish You Were Here
When Toot goes off to Borneo, he comes downwith a case of the Violet Virus. Only a tea from the purple Slimecap Stinkhorn will turn Toot back to his piggy pink color. See how Opal and Puddle save the day in this New York Times bestselling series. Full [... more]
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