| FRUIT BODY |
Starts off as a whitish, partially buried, elongated,
sub-spherical egg from which erupts a phallic fruit body that is
primarily off-white except for the reddish-orange fertile head that is
covered in a mass of foul smelling slime which contains the
spores. The main stem is pitted and fragile. |
| GILLS/PORES |
N/A |
| FLESH |
Spongy, brittle. No distinct taste but has a sickly
odour. |
| SPORES |
Pale yellow, smooth, ellipsoid. |
| HABITAT |
Amongst leaf litter in mixed woods. |
| SEASON |
Infrequent. Summer to autumn. |
| EDIBILITY |
Inedible. r |
