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red stinkhorn

Mutinus ravenelii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 138, February 102, March 160, April 252, May 363, June 396, July 424, August 364, September 267, October 200, November 109, December 85.
United States3,678
Alaska2,860
Canada873
Russia598
Ontario312
Quebec193
New York184
Moscow Oblast118
Finland113
Moscow94

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Stinkhorn fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically stinkhorns.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Orderstinkhorns and allies · Phallales
Familystinkhorns · Phallaceae
GenusMutinus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise red stinkhorn with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.