ID help

[BROCSMAN]

I thought this was going to be Lycoperdon when I first saw it, but I was surprised when I cut into it. Now, with this very gelatinous cuticle, I've really no idea. Help please.

[Chris Yeates]

hi

if you've got it at home leave it a couple of hours and you'll know what it is

it's interesting because each half will continue to 'grow' into a much more recognisable fungus - not true growth, just hydrostatic expansion

just keep a peg handy for the old nostrils

have you guessed what it is yet

cheers

Chris

[Gerel]

One way to get a house full of flies (if its what I think it is)

[BROCSMAN]

Considering how many of these things I've seen, I'm ashamed I didn't recognise it. I think it was the size that threw me, only about 1.5cm in diameter.

Thanks all.

[Leif]

Yummy. Amazingly some people do eat young ones, which is what you have. Just in case the others were too cryptic, it is of course a stinkhorn.

Ah, okay, you posted at the same time.

[NickCantle]

I've tried them before, they're nice actually. Just like a nut!

[flaxton]

Thats not a very nice thing to say about yourself just because you eat one

Mal

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

I've tried them before, they're nice actually. Just like a nut!

"Phallus Tastes Like Nuts says Norfolk Man"

the tabloids would have a field day

lol

C

[NickCantle]

LOL! Ahahahaaaaa, how innocent of me to say such a thing without thinking of the resulting euphemisms

[mollisia]

Hello,

hmmm, to me it seems that you all think this is Phallus impudicus? A Phallaceae of course, but I wonder about the gelba colour and the size of the "egg". I have never cut such tiny impudicus-eggs into halves, but the bigger ones always have a green gleba inside. Couldn't it be something else, like Mutinus ravenellii or so?

best regards,
Andreas