Stinkhorns - How long from egg to ... stink :-)

yorkshireTrev · #1 (**permalink**) 14-08-2009, 09:48 PM

Hello all, i found a stinkhorn in its egg stage and i would like to know if any of you folks on here know roughly how long it takes before the 'horn' begins to grow from the egg and at what rate?

By the way i think this site is awesome!

mollisia · #2 (**permalink**) 14-08-2009, 09:50 PM

Hello,

within some hours. We had for exhibiions sometimes eggs (in a glas well closed!!) and they often developped over night to well smellable fruitbodies.

best regards,
Andreas

stickman · #3 (**permalink**) 14-08-2009, 09:55 PM

Hi Trev,

If you want to watch it more closely (but not too closely...) I think I remember someone on here saying you can transplant it to a more convenient location, and in will still develop.

Cheers, Nick.

FungiJohn · #4 (**permalink**) 14-08-2009, 10:45 PM

Hi Trev

The egg stage can sometimes last a couple of weeks and it is only when they reach the state similar to the ones below that growth is more rapid.

Stinkhorn - Phallus Impudicus

Typically 4 hours from this stage

Dog Stinkhorn - Mutinus caninus

Typically 3 hours from first emerging. This was observed and photographed after 1 hour.

John

thelawnet · #5 (**permalink**) 14-08-2009, 10:57 PM

I found what I thought was a stinkhorn yesterday, but it turned out to be an Amanita Fulva still in its veil.

cybershot · #6 (**permalink**) 15-08-2009, 07:34 AM

Several Wabbers I know have monitored and documented this development in past years and come to the same conclusion as John. When you find an 'egg', which is attached to the substrate by a single mycelial thread, it is almost impossible to tell at what stage its at and emergence can be within hours or weeks (sometimes never; though I'm not sure why this should have been the case unless conditions or disturbance prevented maturing)

David

yorkshireTrev · #7 (**permalink**) 20-08-2009, 08:43 PM

many thanks for the input everyone, just what i was looking for. Ill keep my eye on it to see of it develops and report back.

Meta menardi · #8 (**permalink**) 20-08-2009, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Hi Trev

The egg stage can sometimes last a couple of weeks and it is only when they reach the state similar to the ones below that growth is more rapid.

Stinkhorn - Phallus Impudicus

Typically 4 hours from this stage

Dog Stinkhorn - Mutinus caninus

Typically 3 hours from first emerging. This was observed and photographed after 1 hour.

John

You could have someones eye out with that!