A stinkhorn with a hollow, spongy, orange stalk topped by a round, red-orange lattice head whose inner surfaces carry foul-smelling brown spore slime. It hatches from a small white egg and often appears in lawns, gardens and landscaping mulch. It was long called Lysurus periphragmoides in North America, a name that belongs to a different African and Asian species.
Not a food. MushroomExpert gives no edibility data, and the mature fruitbody smells foul. Treat as inedible.
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Habitat
Saprobic; alone or in groups, mostly in lawns, gardens and landscaping, also in woods or cultivated fields. Usually summer, or year-round in warm climates (MushroomExpert).
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Widespread in North America from about 42 degrees N south through Mexico; also reported from South America (e.g. central Argentina), Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia (MushroomExpert).
Characteristics
Egg: whitish, up to about 2 cm wide and 3 cm tall, with white rhizoids. Stalk: 5-10 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, pale to dark orange, hollow, spongy, coarsely pocketed; base in a white volva. Head: roughly spherical lattice 2-3 cm across, branches about 5 mm thick, pale orange to nearly red with accordion-like folds. Gleba: dark brown, foul-smelling slime on the inner faces of the lattice. Spores: 3.5-4 x 1.5-2 um, elongated ellipsoid, smooth (MushroomExpert).
