Latin Name: Mutinus elegans

Other Names: Dog Stinkhorn, The Headless Stinkhorn, The Devil’s Dipstick

Characteristics

• long, slender mushroom (about 10cm)
• stalk coloring white to pinkish-red
• white vulva around base
• olive-brown slime around head
• at maturity, foul odor

Habitat

• in rich leaf litter

Edibility

• considered edible, though not recommended
• unpleasant for edibility due to presence of foul smell, slime, etc.
• not poisonous

Notes

• similar species that may resemble it, include Mutinus caninus and Mutinus ravenelii
• learn more about these three species of Mutinus from the Mushroom Expert

Personal Experience

I have only had the pleasure of observing this mushrooms once. It appears to be a rare specimen, or it may simply be hiding well under rich leaf canopies.